Utagawa Kuniyoshi
- In this Japanese name, the family name is Utagawa.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese: 歌川 國芳, [ɯtaɡaɰa kɯɲijoɕi]; January 1, 1798[1] – April 14, 1861) also called Kuniyoshi, was a Japanese artist. He was a masters of the ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting.[2]
Career
Kuniyoshi was part of the Utagawa school of artists.[3]
The range of Kuniyoshi's subjects included landscapes, beautiful women, Kabuki actors, cats, and mythical animals. He is known images of the battles of samurai and legendary heroes.[4] His work was affected by Western art and caricature.[2]
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi was one of his students.
His work influenced Toyohara Chikanobu.[5]
Takashi Murakami credits the influence of Kuniyoshi in his work.[4]
List of print series
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- Illustrated Abridged Biography of the Founder (c. 1831)
- Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (c. 1834)
- Heroes of Our Country's Suikoden (c. 1836)
- Stories of Wise and Virtuous Women (c. 1841-1842)
- Fifty-Three Parallels for the Tōkaidō (1843–1845)
- Twenty-Four Paragons of Filial Piety (1843–1846)
- Mirror of the Twenty-Four Paragons of Filial Piety (1844–1846)
- Six Crystal Rivers (1847–1848)
- Fidelity in Revenge (c. 1848)
- Twenty-Four Chinese Paragons of Filial Piety (c. 1848)
- Sixty-Nine Stations along the Kisokaido (1852)
- Portraits of Samurai of True Loyalty (1852)
- 24 Generals of the Kai Provence (1853)
Gallery
Multi-panel impressions, tryptichs
Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre
Kajiwara Kagesue, Sasaki Takatsuna, and Hatakeyama Shigetada racing to cross the Uji River before the second battle of Uji during the Genpei War[6]
Yoko-e, a print in horizontal or "landscape" format
At the shore of the Sumida River
Mt fuji from Sumida
Pilgrims in the waterfall
Single panel format
Banners for boys' day festival
Courtesan in training
from the series Heroes of Our Country's Suikoden
from the series Heroes of Our Country's Suikoden
Hanagami Danjo no jo Arakage fighting a giant salamander
Miyamoto Musashi[7] killing a giant shark
Hatsuhana doing penance under the Tonosawa waterfall
Keyamura Rokusuke under the Hikosan Gongen waterfall
Themes
Kuniyoshi made many images of cats.
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Kuniyoshi made images which were caricatures.
Scribbling on the storehouse wall
At first glance he looks very fierce, but he is actually a kind person
Utagawa Kuniyoshi Media
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Tiger walking on a windy day
Kanama Goro Imakuni, woodblock print (National Museum, Warsaw)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi variation on the theme of The Mouse Turned into a Maid
The First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty in China, in Search of the Magical Herbs of Longevity, Had Ten Great Ships Built, and the Court Magician Xu Fu with Five Hundred Boys and Girls, Carrying Treasure, Food Supplies, and Equipment, Set Out for Mount Pengla (c. 1843)
References
- ↑ Ōkubo, Junichi (1994), "Utagawa Kuniyoshi", Asashi Nihon rekishi jinbutsu jiten (朝日日本歴史人物事典) (in 日本語), Tokyo, Japan: Asahi Shimbun Company, ISBN 4023400521, archived from the original on 2016-10-05
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric et al. (2005). "Kuniyoshi" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 576.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Utagawa-ryū" at p. 1018.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lubow, Arthur. "Everything But the Robots: A Kuniyoshi Retrospective Reveals the Roots of Manga," New York Magazine. March 7, 2010; retrieved 2012-3-29.
- ↑ "Yōshū Chikanobu [obituary]," Miyako Shimbun, No. 8847, October 2, 1912. p. 195.
- ↑ Kitagawa, Hiroshi et al. (1975). The Tale of the Heike, pp. 511-513.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Miyamoto Musashi" at p. 650.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Kakinomoto no hitomaro" at p. 456.
Other websites
- University of Vienna, Ukiyo-e Caricatures 1842-1905
- JapanSociety.org, Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters Archived 2010-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Kuniyoshi Project
- Artencyclopedia.com, Utagawa Kuniyoshi
- Artelino.com, Utagawa Kuniyoshi