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In this Japanese name, the family name is Utagawa.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川 国芳, January 1, 1798-April 14, 1862), also called Kuniyoshi, was a Japanese artist. He was a masters of the ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting.

Career

Kuniyoshi was part of the Utagawa school of artists.

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. His work was affected by Western art and caricature.

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi was one of his students.

His work influenced Toyohara Chikanobu.

Takashi Murakami credits the influence of Kuniyoshi in his work.

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

    Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre

  • Kagesue, Takatsuna and Shigetada crossing the Uji river

    Kajiwara Kagesue, Sasaki Takatsuna, and Hatakeyama Shigetada racing to cross the Uji River before the second battle of Uji during the Genpei War

Yoko-e, a print in horizontal or "landscape" format

  • Kuniyoshi Utagawa, At the shore of the Sumida river

    At the shore of the Sumida River

  • Kuniyoshi Utagawa, Mt fuji from Sumida

    Mt fuji from Sumida

  • Kuniyoshi Utagawa, Pilgrims in the waterfall

    Pilgrims in the waterfall

Single panel format

  • Kuniyoshi Utagawa, Banners for the boys festival

    Banners for boys' day festival

  • Kuniyoshi Utagawa, Courtesan in training

    Courtesan in training

  • Suikoden

    from the series Heroes of Our Country's Suikoden

  • Eight Hundred Heroes of Our Country s Suikoden 12

    from the series Heroes of Our Country's Suikoden

  • Hanagami Danjo no jo Arakage fighting a giant salamander

    Hanagami Danjo no jo Arakage fighting a giant salamander

  • Miyamoto Musashi killing a giant nue

    Miyamoto Musashi killing a giant shark

  • Hatsuhana doing penance under the Tonosawa waterfall

    Hatsuhana doing penance under the Tonosawa waterfall

  • Keyamura Rokusuke under the Hikosan Gongen waterfall

    Keyamura Rokusuke under the Hikosan Gongen waterfall

Themes

Kuniyoshi made many images of cats.

Kuniyoshi made images which were caricatures.

  • Scrbbling on the storehouse wall

    Scribbling on the storehouse wall

  • At first glance he looks very fiarce, but he s really a nice person

    At first glance he looks very fierce, but he is actually a kind person

  • University of Vienna, Ukiyo-e Caricatures 1842-1905
  • JapanSociety.org, Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters
  • Artencyclopedia.com, Utagawa Kuniyoshi
  • Artelino.com, Utagawa Kuniyoshi


Images for kids

  • Kuniyoshi Utagawa, Hawk

    Hawk, woodblock print

  • Kuniyoshi Utagawa, Tiger

    Tiger, woodblock print

  • Utagawa Kuniyoshi Kanama Goro Immakuni

    Kanama Goro Imakuni, woodblock print (National Museum, Warsaw)

  • A cat dressed as a woman tapping the head of an octopus

    Utagawa Kuniyoshi variation on the theme of The Mouse Turned into a Maid

  • La expedición de Xu Fu, por Utagawa Kuniyoshi

    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)

  • KaiGeneral

    Takeda Nobushige from the series 24 Generals of Kai Province

  • Saito Oniwakamaru

    Saito Oniwakamaru, the young Benkei, fights the giant carp at the Bishimon waterfall

  • Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Portrait of Chicasei Goyô (Wu Yong) (1827–1830)

    Portrait of Chicasei Goyô (Wu Yong) (1827–1830)

  • Oda-Nobunaga-by-Utagawa-Kuniyoshi

    Ukiyo-e of Oda Nobunaga

  • Yoshitsune aangevallen door Taira geesten-Rijksmuseum RP-P-1979-177

    Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Yoshitsune and Benkei defending themselves in their boat during a storm created by the ghosts of conquered Taira clan warriors

  • Minamoto-no-Tametomo-by-Kuniyoshi-Utagawa

    Minamoto no Tametomo with a gunsen fan

  • Cats forming the caracters for catfish

    Cats forming the characters for catfish

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