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Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) - Actor in the Role of Wrestler Hanaregoma no Chōkichi

Actor in the Role of Wrestler Hanaregoma no Chōkichi (circa 1850)

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

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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The Fan-tossing Game

The Fan-tossing Game (circa 1847-1852)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Woman and Child in Purple Kimono Overlooking Boats and Bridge

Woman and Child in Purple Kimono Overlooking Boats and Bridge (19th century)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Iwai Hanshirō VIII as Geisha Ohisa, Kataoka Gadō II as Matsushiyama Jinzaburō, and Onoe Kikujirō II as Izumiya’s wife Oume in the Play Matsuichō tsurukame Soga

Iwai Hanshirō VIII as Geisha Ohisa, Kataoka Gadō II as Matsushiyama Jinzaburō, and Onoe Kikujirō II as Izumiya’s wife Oume in the Play Matsuichō tsurukame Soga (1854)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Eight Figural Views (Sugata Hakkei) Pl.6

Eight Figural Views (Sugata Hakkei) Pl.6 (1850)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Yatsuhashi of the Naka-Manjiya, kamuro Wakaba and Yayoi

Yatsuhashi of the Naka-Manjiya, kamuro Wakaba and Yayoi (circa 1831)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
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)
Actors Viewing Votive Pictures of Themselves

Actors Viewing Votive Pictures of Themselves (1858)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Rustic Genji’s Poetry Contest; Mitsuuji’s Excursion to the Seaside to See Abalone Diving

Rustic Genji’s Poetry Contest; Mitsuuji’s Excursion to the Seaside to See Abalone Diving (1865)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
The Kiyomizurō Restaurant; The Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Kiyomizu Seigen

The Kiyomizurō Restaurant; The Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Kiyomizu Seigen (1852)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Woman Tending Infant

Woman Tending Infant (ca. 1830–1843)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Toneri Umeōmaru and Toneri Sakuramaru from the play Sugawara Denjū Tenarai Kagami

Toneri Umeōmaru and Toneri Sakuramaru from the play Sugawara Denjū Tenarai Kagami (mid-19th century)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Two Courtesans Enjoying the View from a Teahouse

Two Courtesans Enjoying the View from a Teahouse (after 1844)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Monk, One of the Six Great Poets, Kisen Playing the Role of Nakamura Utaemon

Monk, One of the Six Great Poets, Kisen Playing the Role of Nakamura Utaemon (19th century)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
First Bonito of the Year

First Bonito of the Year (1844–48)

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