Soga Shohaku's contemporaries





Works in this room
A few works by Soga Shohaku, then their contemporaries: makers of the same nationality born within 25 years of them, then works from the same century and place.
Section 1, north wall

Mount Fuji and the Miho Pine ForestSoga Shohaku, c. 1761-1762Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Handwritten LetterSoga Shohaku, c. 1754Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
Their contemporaries

Giving a Light by the Garyubai Plum TreeSuzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
The Actor Ishikawa Danjuro V Performing a Shibaroku Act with a Drawn Sword in His HandKatsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1781Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Delaying the announcement of dawnSuzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
Their contemporaries, second

“Hour of the Rat: Mistress,” from the series Women’s Daily Customs (Fuzoku bijin tokei)Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
A Spring OutingSuzuki Harunobu, c. 1768Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Passengers in a Ferry Boat on the Sumida RiverTorii Kiyonaga, 1784Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art