Shunkōsai Hokushū (春好斎　北洲), who is also known asShunkō IV, was a designer ofukiyo-e styleJapanese woodblock prints inOsaka who was active from about 1802 to 1832.He is known to have been a student ofShōkōsai Hambei, and may have also studied withHokusai.^[1] He used the name Shunkō (春好) until 1818, when he changed his name to Shunkōsai Hokushū. He was the most important artist inOsaka during the 1810s and 1820s and established the Osaka style ofactor prints.^[2]

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