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Kuniyoshi Utagawa
Japanese
Japanese, (1798–1861)
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.

Like his rival Utagawa Kunisada, Kuniyoshi was a pupil of Utagawa Toyokuni. He established his fame as the designer of musha-e (“warrior prints”) with his series of prints entitled Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin (“One Hundred and Eight Popular Warrior Heroes from Shui-hu ch’uan”), published in about 1827. He also produced landscapes, frequently using Western perspective. Among the most famous of these are the 10-print series Tōto meisho (“Famous Sights of Edo”) and the five-print series Tōto Fujimi sanjūrokkei (“Thirty-six Sites in Edo Overlooking Mount Fuji”).


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