Japan: Actors Asao Takumi I as Naosuke Gonbei, Ichikawa Sukejûrô I as Hamiya Iemon (R), and Onoe Kikugorô III as Satô Yomoshichi (L). Shunbaisai Hokuei (fl. 1824-1837), 1831

Shunbaisai Hokuei (d. 1837), also known as Shunko III, was a designer of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints in Osaka, and was active from about 1824 to 1837. He was a student of Shunkosai Hokushu. Hokuei’s prints most often portray the kabuki actor Arashi Rikan II.

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