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Q317736

Japanese artist (1798–1861)

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Images from the collections

Images by Q317736

17 images from works
  • Four actors at a shrine: two as menials or attendants: one as a fashionable young samurai and one as a girl. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1847/1850.
  • The warrior Guan Yu plays at 'go' (board game) while the surgeon Hua T'o operates on his arm. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1853.
  • A bride emerging from a sedan chair assisted by two women, set in a palatial residence. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1847/1850.
  • Forty-seven samurai assembled. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1847/1850.
  • Medical and surgical treatments for a lame princess and others. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1849/1852.
  • Samurai in a hail of arrows, sheltering beneath a battle standard, in a desperate last stand. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1857.
  • The forty-seven samurai washing the head of their slain foe Moronao in a well before presenting it to their lord's grave. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1847/1850.
  • Medical and surgical treatments for a lame princess and others. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1849/1852.
  • A blind musician plays the koto to a gathering of women dressed in ornate kimonos. Coloured woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1849/1852.
  • The warrior Guan Yu plays at 'go' (board game) while the surgeon Hua T'o operates on his arm. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1853.
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Works from the collections

41 works

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    A samurai holding his spear while drinking from a blue and white porcelain cup. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1847/1848.

    Q317736 | Date: 1847/1848 | Reference: 36224i
    • Pictures

    Prince Atsumori seeks to escape Kumagao no Naozane in the battle on the beach at Ichinotani. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1847/1852.

    Q317736 | Reference: 36463i
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    Chinese hero Kuan-yu and two confidants on a palatial terrace; enormous peonies grow in the garden beyond. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1853.

    Q317736 | Date: Month 4, 1853 | Reference: 36266i
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    The Igagoe revenge; Sawai Matagorō, on the left, fights Wada Shizuma. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1853.

    Q317736 | Date: Month 1, 1853 | Reference: 36269i
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    Nakamura Tsuruzō as a hunter and Sawamura Kunisaburō as Okuni butterfly toys; Kabuki chanters are seated behind the actors. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, late 1830s.

    Q317736 | Date: [late 1830s] | Reference: 35624i
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Related topics

Samurai
Actors - Japan

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