The founder of the Katsukawa dynasty was Katsukawa Syunse, who devoted almost the entire life to a theatrical theme. Thanks to him, she sounded in full force of color, having mastered all the achievements of polychrome engraving. Each image of Sünse is unique. This is the central heroic roles, and lyrical female, played by the best actors.
In the compositions of Katsukawa Sünse we often meet a new form – a triptych, the appearance of which was connected with the desire to show not only one performer, but the entire basic composition of the characters. Sjunse closely approached the study of performing art, even penetrated the backstage, where the outstanding actors rehearsed, dressed, make-up, reflected on the performances. The premises reserved for this purpose were called “green rooms”, and Sünce created a special genre variety of engraving – “green rooms”.
Después de nadar – Okumura Masanobu 
Après le bain – Okumura Masanobu 
Iroquo of the three big cities “Kyoto” by Okumura Masanobu 
Irises in Horikiri by Ando Hiroshige 
A large “recursive engraving” with the image of all the stars of the theater by Okumura Masanobu 
Sedan by Kitagawa Utamaro 
Actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Sukeroku by Okumura Masanobu 
Actors Ichikawa Yaodzo II and Ichikawa Dandzyuro V by Katsukawa Sjunse