Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Utagawa Kuniyoshi
歌川 国芳
Self-portrait from the shunga album Chinpen shinkeibai, 1839
Born
Utagawa Kuniyoshi

1 January 1798
Edo, Musashi Province, Japan
Died14 April 1861(1861-04-14) (aged 63)
Edo
NationalityJapanese
Known forPainter , printmaker, ukiyo-e artist, artist, illustrator
Notable work"Soma's Kouchi Ura" and others
MovementUkiyo-e
Hawk, woodblock print

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese: 歌川 国芳, [ɯtaɡawa kɯɲiꜜjoɕi]; 1 January 1798[1] – 14 April 1861) was one of the last great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting.[2] He was a member of the Utagawa school.[3]

The range of Kuniyoshi's subjects included many genres: landscapes, women, Kabuki actors, cats, and mythical animals. He is known for depictions of the battles of legendary samurai heroes.[4] His artwork incorporated aspects of Western representation in landscape painting and caricature.[2]

  1. ^ Ōkubo, Junichi (1994), "Utagawa Kuniyoshi", Asashi Nihon rekishi jinbutsu jiten (朝日日本歴史人物事典) (in Japanese), Tokyo, Japan: Asahi Shimbun Company, ISBN 4023400521, archived from the original on 2016-10-05
  2. ^ a b Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric et al (2005). "Kuniyoshi" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 576., p. 576, at Google Books
  3. ^ Nussbaum, "Utagawa-ryū" in p. 1018., p. 1018, at Google Books
  4. ^ Lubow, Arthur. "Everything But the Robots: A Kuniyoshi Retrospective Reveals the Roots of Manga," New York Magazine. March 7, 2010.