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 Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)


Although Utagawa Kuniyoshi created all genre of ukiyoe, many of his impressive works are not portraits of beauties or actors. He is called an “artist of unique imagination” since he introduced new ideas one after another out of his abundant imagination into wide ranged field of his artworks.

Among of all Kuniyoshi’s artworks, giga pieces (humorous or satiric paintings, or sketches or drawings done in fun) are most popular. Especially his giga pieces which depict anthropomorphic images of animals have been very popular throughout the ages. Kuniyoshi was known as very enthusiastic ailurophile (cat lover) and depicted many cats in his artworks. He also anthropomorphized gold fish, carp and turtles.

He also created unique pieces playing with objects’shapes such as creating a human face with different shapes of human bodies. His unique artworks show his incomparably abundant artistic imagination.

*About the Utagawa School
The Utagawa School is the most prolific school of ukiyoe artists in the late Edo period (mid 18c-mid 19c). The founder of the school, Utagawa Toyoharu (1735-1814) produced prints of beautiful women (bijinga) and actor portraits (yakushae), but he became particularly famous for landscapes depicted in the western perspective (uki-e, lit. floating pictures). The prosperity of the Utagawa school was established by his followers Toyokuni (1769-1825) and Toyohiro (1765?-1829).

Kuniyoshi(1797-1861), Toyokuni (1769-1825) and Kunisada (1786-1864) are also popular Utagawa school artists.

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi, "First sunrise in Sumida River"
Item No #108602300
Item Ukiyo-e(Beauty)
Price$525.00

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Kuniyoshi, "Tawara no Toda, from Heros of Japanese Water Margin"
Item No #108600504
Item Ukiyo-e(Story)
Price$500.00

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Kuniyoshi, "Wanna See A New Years Sunrise", #32 of Sankai Medetai Zue,Nov.1852
Item No #108002680
Item Ukiyo-e(Beauty)
Price$525.00

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Kuniyoshi, "Hakamadare Yasusuke, from Heros of Japanese Water Margin"
Item No #108600503
Item Ukiyo-e(Story)
Price$500.00

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Tokaido 63 Stations 'Annaka, Seigen'
Item No #108504300
Item Ukiyo-e(Landscape)
Price$340.00

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi, "Nippon Daemon and Nakasaina Sonjya"
Item No #108604100
Item Ukiyo-e(Story)
Price$750.00

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi, "Tsuki no Eishukyogi"
Item No #108603300
Item Ukiyo-e(People)
Price$625.00

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi, "Honchosuikoden Goketsu Happyakunin no Hitori"
Item No #108603100
Item Ukiyo-e(Story)
Price$1065.00

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Kuniyoshi, "Takagi Oriemon"
Item No #108600502
Item Ukiyo-e(Story)
Price$500.00

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Kuniyoshi, "Omi no Okane, from Heros of Japanese Water Margin"
Item No #108600501
Item Ukiyo-e(Story)
Price$500.00

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Kuniyoshi, "Sakanaya Danshichi, from 69 stations of Kiso Kaido"
Item No #108606100
Item Ukiyo-e(Story)
Price$750.00

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Kuniyoshi, "Inusaka Keno, from Giyuhakkenden"
Item No #108606402
Item Ukiyo-e(Story)
Price$500.00

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Kuniyoshi, "I want to look at soon, Sankai Aitai Zu-e"
Item No #108606401
Item Ukiyo-e(Beauty)
Price$500.00

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi, "Kaidomaru-Eboshigi-no-zu"
Item No #108602400
Item Ukiyo-e(People)
Price$625.00

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi, "Actor painting (Shinsuke, Omoto, and Jinbei)"
Item No #108602600
Item Ukiyo-e(Story)
Price$475.00

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Kuniyoshi, "Saku Cho, Kyusenpo, from 108 heros of Suikoden"
Item No #108600200
Item Ukiyo-e(Story)
Price$1250.00

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