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Important print designer of the early Tenpô period; listed as an actor portraitist on the single-sheet broadside Naniwa shoryû gajin meika annai ("Guide to the many famous contemporary artists of Osaka") circa 1831, where his address is recorded as Itachibori 1-chôme in Osaka; pupil of Shunkôsai Hokushû and the last in that illustrous line of printmakers (Ryûkôsai - Shôkôsai - Hokushû - Hokuei); designed more than 250 compositions, including some of the most technically accomplished ukiyo-e prints ever produced (most notably in collaboration with, first, the master blockcutter Kasuke, and then Kumazô).

Pupils include: Hokuun; Shunju; Shungansai Hokushin [also Shungantei]; Shunshôsai Hokuju [also Shuneisai Hokuju and Goryûken]; Baikôsai Shunkei; Tôhôhan Hokusei [also Shunshisai Hokkai]; Shunkôsai Hokutô; Toshikuni [also Shunkisai Hokugan]