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Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

Japanese, 1786 – 1865
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Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III (三代 歌川 豊国 Sandai Utagawa Toyokuni), was the most popular, prolific and commercially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan. In his own time, his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries, Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi.

At the end of the Edo period (1603–1867), Hiroshige, Kuniyoshi and Kunisada were the three best representatives of the Japanese color woodcut in Edo (capital city of Japan, now Tokyo). However, among European and American collectors of Japanese prints, beginning in the late 19th and early 20th century, all three of these artists were actually regarded as rather inferior to the greats of classical ukiyo-e, and therefore as having contributed considerably to the downfall of their art. For this reason, some referred to their works as "decadent".

Beginning in the 1930s and 1970s, respectively, the works of Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi were submitted to a re-evaluation, and these two are now counted among the masters of their art. Thus, from Kunisada alone was withheld, for a long time, the acknowledgment which is due to him. With a few exceptions, such as actor portraits (yakusha-e) and portraits of beautiful women (bijin-ga), at the beginning of his career, and some series of large-size actor head-portraits near the end, it was thought that he had produced only inferior works. It was not until the early 1990s, with the appearance of Jan van Doesburg's overview of the artistic development of Kunisada, and Sebastian Izzard's extensive study of his work, that this picture began to change, with Kunisada more clearly revealed as one of the "giants" of the Japanese print that he was.

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Kakuta Brigade, Extra (Bangai), Sekiya no sato; Actor Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I as Shirafuji

Kakuta Brigade, Extra (Bangai), Sekiya no sato; Actor Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I as Shirafuji (1863)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
Kyoto; the End

Kyoto; the End (1855)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
‘Ma’ Brigade, Fifth Squad; Earthen Bridge by Kuitachi in Asakusa; Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Tamigaya Iemon

‘Ma’ Brigade, Fifth Squad; Earthen Bridge by Kuitachi in Asakusa; Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Tamigaya Iemon (1863)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
Memorial Portrait of Hiroshige

Memorial Portrait of Hiroshige (1859)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
Minakuchi; Panoramic View of Mount Iwafuri

Minakuchi; Panoramic View of Mount Iwafuri (1855)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
Murasaki and Genji Viewing the Snow

Murasaki and Genji Viewing the Snow (1853)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
Murasaki Shikibu in Hiding, from the Tale of Genji chapter, ‘Night Plum’

Murasaki Shikibu in Hiding, from the Tale of Genji chapter, ‘Night Plum’ (1857)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
Ni Brigade, First Group; Ryōgoku Bridge; Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Yokoyama no Yosaburō

Ni Brigade, First Group; Ryōgoku Bridge; Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Yokoyama no Yosaburō (1863)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
Night Attack of the Soga Brothers; Soga no Jūrō Sukenari and Kōga no Saburō

Night Attack of the Soga Brothers; Soga no Jūrō Sukenari and Kōga no Saburō (1850)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
Night Visage of the Flower Genji

Night Visage of the Flower Genji (1861)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
Ō Brigade, Extra (Bangai), Ōji; Actors Segawa Senjo as Kuzunoha and Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I as Abe no Yasuna

Ō Brigade, Extra (Bangai), Ōji; Actors Segawa Senjo as Kuzunoha and Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I as Abe no Yasuna (1863)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
Ofuji of Ōmiya and her Servant Tsuruya Denzō

Ofuji of Ōmiya and her Servant Tsuruya Denzō (1856)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
Osaka Actor Nakamura Shikan in the Role of the Daimyō Fujiwara no Tokihira Kyō

Osaka Actor Nakamura Shikan in the Role of the Daimyō Fujiwara no Tokihira Kyō (1833)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
Picture of a Crowded Theater Hosting Performance of Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami

Picture of a Crowded Theater Hosting Performance of Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (1859)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
Poem by Kamakura Udaijin

Poem by Kamakura Udaijin (circa 1847-1852)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
Present-day Genji Visiting the Rokujō Mansion

Present-day Genji Visiting the Rokujō Mansion (1856)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
Reading

Reading (circa 1847-1852)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
Red

Red (circa 1847-1852)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
Ru Brigade, Tenth Group, Iriya; Actor Nakamura Bungorō II as Asagao Senbei

Ru Brigade, Tenth Group, Iriya; Actor Nakamura Bungorō II as Asagao Senbei (1863)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
Scene from the Play Meiboku Sendai Hagi; The Prince Watching Tea Preparation

Scene from the Play Meiboku Sendai Hagi; The Prince Watching Tea Preparation (late 1840s)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
Scene One from the Play Chūshingura; Kō no Moronao and Kaoyo Gozen

Scene One from the Play Chūshingura; Kō no Moronao and Kaoyo Gozen (1850)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
Sei Shōnagon

Sei Shōnagon (1847)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
Shinagawa

Shinagawa (1854)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
Snow

Snow (1855)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
Spring Flowers at their Height

Spring Flowers at their Height (circa 1850)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
Standing Beauty with Butterfly Pattern Kimono

Standing Beauty with Butterfly Pattern Kimono (circa 1842-1843)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
Summer Celebration in Edo

Summer Celebration in Edo

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
The Actor Bandō Hikosaburō as Ukiyo Inosuke in ‘Sekai ha Taira ume no kaomise’

The Actor Bandō Hikosaburō as Ukiyo Inosuke in ‘Sekai ha Taira ume no kaomise’ (1832)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
The Actor Bandō Hikosaburō III as Inamura Magoemon and the Station Inamura between Yoshida and Goyu

The Actor Bandō Hikosaburō III as Inamura Magoemon and the Station Inamura between Yoshida and Goyu (1852)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
The Actor Bandō Hikosaburō V as the Wrestler Onigatake

The Actor Bandō Hikosaburō V as the Wrestler Onigatake (1861)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Asian Art
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