Utagawa Kuniyoshi
- In this Japanese name, the family name is Utagawa.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川 国芳, January 1, 1797-April 14, 1862), also called Kuniyoshi, was a Japanese artist. He was a masters of the ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting.[1]
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Career [change]
Kuniyoshi was part of the Utagawa school of artists.[2]
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.[3] His work was affected by Western art and caricature.[1]
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi was one of his students.
His work influenced Toyohara Chikanobu.[4]
Takashi Murakami credits the influence of Kuniyoshi in his work.[3]
List of print series [change]
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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 [change]
Multi-panel impressions, tryptichs [change]
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Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre
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Kajiwara Kagesue, Sasaki Takatsuna, and Hatakeyama Shigetada racing to cross the Uji River before the second battle of Uji during the Genpei War[5]
Yoko-e, a print in horizontal or "landscape" format [change]
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At the shore of the Sumida River
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Mt fuji from Sumida
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Pilgrims in the waterfall
Single panel format [change]
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Banners for boys' day festival
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Courtesan in training
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from the series Heroes of Our Country's Suikoden
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from the series Heroes of Our Country's Suikoden
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Hanagami Danjo no jo Arakage fighting a giant salamander
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Miyamoto Musashi[6] killing a giant shark
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Hatsuhana doing penance under the Tonosawa waterfall
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Keyamura Rokusuke under the Hikosan Gongen waterfall
Themes [change]
Kuniyoshi made many images of cats.
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Kuniyoshi made images which were caricatures.
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Scribbling on the storehouse wall
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At first glance he looks very fierce, but he is actually a kind person
References [change]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric et al. (2005). "Kuniyoshi" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 576.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Utagawa-ryū" at p. 1018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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 [change]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Utagawa Kuniyoshi |
- University of Vienna, Ukiyo-e Caricatures 1842-1905
- JapanSociety.org, Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters
- Kuniyoshi Project
- Artencyclopedia.com, Utagawa Kuniyoshi
- Artelino.com, Utagawa Kuniyoshi
