Yanagawa Shigenobu

Yanagawa Shigenobu (柳川 重信, 1787–1832) was a Japanese artist in the ukiyo-e style.

He was first the pupil, then son-in-law, and finally adopted son of the Edo master painter Katsushika Hokusai.

Shigenobu focused on theatrical subjects, but some of his best work in Osaka includes a series of deluxe ōban prints depicting geisha in the Shinmachi Nerimono parade in Osaka, and approximately 30 fine surimono on various subjects (at least 18 in collaboration with the Tsuru-ren Crane Group of kyōka poets), with blocks cut and printed by Seikō.

Shigenobu’s pupils included Utagawa Kuninao; Shigeharu; Yanagawa Nobusada (Yokinobu); Shigemasa; Shigemitsu.

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The Courtesan Kotozuru of the Tsuruya Brothel as an Asazuma Boat Prostitute from the series Costume Parade of the Shinmachi Quarter in Osaka (held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art )
Geisha tuning a shamisen, circa 1835 (held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art )