Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Japanese , 1797 - 1861
Utagawa Kuniyoshi was a student of Utagawa Toyokuni I, and was granted his name in 1814 as a combination of Toyokuni and Kuniyoshi’s birth name, Yoshisaburo. His early works are mainly kabukai actor prints in the style of his master, and he later incorporated bijinga images of beautiful women. In 1827, Kuniyoshi designed his first major series entitled, “108 Heroes of Suikoden,” based on a popular 14th-century novel about honorable rebels, that earned him much fame.Of Kuniyoshi’s later work, his most unique subjects are his warrior images that emphasize the superhuman and his images of heroic women such as the series “Stories of Wise Women and Faithful Wives” (1840s).
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A CAT RUBBING UP AGAINST A WOMAN HOLDING A TOOTHBRUSH,
c. 1845
Stanza del Borgo S.R.L.
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Modern Checkered Materials for Night Cooling Among the Flowers
c. 1848
Stanza del Borgo S.R.L.
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Kimpyōshi Yōrin After the Battle of Kōtōshū, In a Straw Cloak on a Windy Day, Carrying a Barbed and Hooked Pole-Arm
c. 1827
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Ju-unryū Kōsonshō Holding up a Short Sword and Making a Magical Gesture with his Other Hand. A Dragon Surrounds The Rock on Which He Stands.
c. 1827
Stanza del Borgo S.R.L.
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Kinsôshu Johei Cutting Down Sparrows in Flight with his Hooked Spear
1827
Stanza del Borgo S.R.L.
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Tametomo, Shipwrecked By A Giant Fish, Is Rescued By Tengu