A Life Shaped by Ink and Travel Born in Bizen Province, the eldest son of the painter Uragami Gyokudō, Uragami Shunkin entered a world defined by the brush. His early years were marked by movement; in 1794, his father abandoned clan service, taking Shunkin and his brother on travels through the Jogasaki hot-spring area and across Japan. These wandering years provided more than just scenery. They introduced him to a network of poets, s…