SHUMBAISAI Hokuei / 春梅斉北英

Ukiyo-e printmaker. Worked in Osaka. Pupil of Shunko Hokushu; with other pupils of Hokushu, settled in Osaka and played a prominent part in a group of a group of designers of theatrical color prints. Together with pupils of Kunisada, known as the Osaka group. After 1829, used go Hokuei,usually signing Shunkosai Hokuei; also used a seal reading "Fumoto no Yuki" (Snow at the Foot of the Mountain), a reference to his teacher, who used a seal reading "Mount Yoshino". Good at actor prints and also as an illustrator of storybooks.

Roberts, Laurance, P. "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1980, p. 47-48