Home Collections

Utagawa Kunisada II

Japanese artist (1823-1880)

Wikidata
Source:
Wikidata

Images from the collections

Images by Utagawa Kunisada II

21 images from works
  • Actors in a confrontation by a river from a contemporary drama. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.
  • A courtly young man grapples with an assailant: his woman companion reacts with shock as she hides her face (Chapter 46, beneath the oak, from the 'Tale of genji'). Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.
  • Prince Genji and a girl by a garden pond at night, standing next to a flare burning on a stand. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.
  • Courtesan Mori Murasaki of the brothel Kimpei Daikoku in the New Yoshiwara (licensed quarters), slides open a screen and looks at her child attendant. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1870.
  • Japanese masks: six masks of characters in Noh plays, including two representing a dog and a demon, with an old man shown on the right. Colour woodcut with pop-up flaps on strings, 1860/1920?.
  • A child attendant for a courtesan in a brothel holds a western watch and looks towards the client. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1870.
  • Scene from the fable of Momotaro (Peach child): the woodcutter's wife finds the peach in the river. Colour woodcut attributed to Kunisada II, 1850/1870 (?).
  • A samurai on horseback with his retainers ready to launch themselves into a fight; with a snowy urban scene behind. Colour woodcut by Kunimasa III, 1847/1850.
  • Three actors in a scene from a contemporary drama. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.
  • Actors in role: mayhem as a woman travelling in a sedan chair is attacked by women warriors. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1860.
View all

Works from the collections

30 works

View all
Actors - Japan
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)