19th-century Japanese woodblock print artist (1835-1900)

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Actors Sawamura Tossho as a young warrior and Nakamura Shikou V as an older man, confronting a common foe. Colour woodcut by Kunichika.

Above left, a woman with a baby on her back, preparing to smoke a pipe (?); above right, men and women walking in line; below, an ox leading peasants to the Kawaguchi temple. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, with top left design by Kunichika and design below by a pupil of Kyōsai, ca. 1870.

Yama...ya Mimasu as the villain Nikki Danjo, holding a scroll; with a stage curtain behind. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1866.

Actors Sawamura Tanosuke as a courtesan and Sawamura Tossho as her lover. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1868.

A prince visits his paramour, who is in bed, on a snowy winter's day, while a servant brings in a tray of food: a Genji-inspired triptych. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1865.

Comparisons of various actors in the role of the sorcerer Nikki Danjō. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1868.

Actor Sawamura Tossho as a page restraining a horse. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, late 1860's.

Fragments of two leaves of a triptych. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1865.

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Toyohara Kunichika

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Images by Toyohara Kunichika

Works from the collections

Actors Sawamura Tossho as a young warrior and Nakamura Shikou V as an older man, confronting a common foe. Colour woodcut by Kunichika.

Actor Sawamura Tossho as a page restraining a horse. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, late 1860's.

Above left, a woman with a baby on her back, preparing to smoke a pipe (?); above right, men and women walking in line; below, an ox leading peasants to the Kawaguchi temple. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, with top left design by Kunichika and design below by a pupil of Kyōsai, ca. 1870.

Comparisons of various actors in the role of the sorcerer Nikki Danjō. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1868.

Fragments of two leaves of a triptych. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1865.

Toyohara Kunichika

Images from the collections

Images by Toyohara Kunichika

Works from the collections

Actors Sawamura Tossho as a young warrior and Nakamura Shikou V as an older man, confronting a common foe. Colour woodcut by Kunichika.

Actor Sawamura Tossho as a page restraining a horse. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, late 1860's.

Above left, a woman with a baby on her back, preparing to smoke a pipe (?); above right, men and women walking in line; below, an ox leading peasants to the Kawaguchi temple. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, with top left design by Kunichika and design below by a pupil of Kyōsai, ca. 1870.

Comparisons of various actors in the role of the sorcerer Nikki Danjō. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1868.

Fragments of two leaves of a triptych. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1865.

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