Utagawa Kuniyoshi
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Artworks: 156
Master of dynamic samurai ukiyo-e prints
Utagawa Kuniyoshi was one of the last great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting. He was a member of the Utagawa school. The range of Kuniyoshi's subjects included many genres: landscapes, beautiful women, Kabuki actors, cats, and mythical animals. He is known for depictions of the battles of legendary samurai heroes. His artwork incorporated aspects of Western representation in landscape painting and caricature.
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Master student
- Kawanabe Kyōsai Student
- Utagawa Yoshiiku Student
Artworks by this artist (156 total)
- Celebrating Spring (Kabuki Actors Disguised as a Street Crowd) circa 1850-1851
- Oumayagashi no zu 1834
- Bandō Shūka as Hashimotoya Shiraito 1852
- Empress Jitō Tennō early 1840s
- Dōguya jinza hōkaibō bōkon shimobe gunsuke 1848
- Seichū gishi den Pl.01 1847-1848
- Seichū gishi den Pl.20 1847-1848
- Seichū gishi den Pl.16 1847-1848
- Woman in Black Kimono with White Stripes Reading Yellow Cat Asleep 19th century
- Snow Scene in December; Girl and Woman with Olive Green Hood and Fan 19th century
- Koto to eko1830
- Saito Kuranoshin Toshikazu c.1847-50
- Seichū gishi den Pl.32 1847-1848
- Seven Female Figures, Two Umbrellas (river in background) 19th century
- Woman in Blue Kimono Holding Child Looking at Peonies 19th century
- Kinhyōshi yōrin, hero of the Suikoden 1826
- Nakasaina sonja 1847
- Fumi yomu musume 1844
- Gentoku mitabi secchū ni kōmei o otonou no zu 1853
- Rōri hakuchō chōjun 1826