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Utagawa Kunisada

Ukiyo-e artist (1786–1865)

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Images by Utagawa Kunisada

42 images from works
  • A woman placing glowing charcoal in a sand-filled box to provide warmth. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1852.
  • A young female role actor performing a butterfly dance. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1860.
  • Four actors as ruffians against a check background. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1858.
  • Three actors in a confrontation before a gravestone by the sea. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1858.
  • An actor as ruffian Tsuribune no Sabu, full face, revealing his tattoos. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1859.
  • Prince Genji in elegant modern dress in an elegant apartment with the blinds rolled up so he can enjoy the autumnal garden and listen to the cricket's song; a girl attendant pours him sake. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1860.
  • Twenty-three loyal retainers assigned to attack the main gate on their mission for revenge. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1847/1850.
  • Four actors as ruffians against a check background. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1858.
  • The four heroic retainers of Raikō (Yorimitsu) with flaming torches, about to kill the great earth spider in its web. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1810s.
  • Portrait within a round mirror depicting actor Ichikawa Ichizō III as Sankichi, a popular hero with bared arm and shoulder displaying a dragon tattoo. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1859.
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Works from the collections

138 works

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Frequent collaborators

Utagawa Hiroshige
Actors - Japan
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)