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Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) - Actors Ichikawa Ebizō V as Tetsugatake and Onoe Kikugorō IV as Iwakawa

Actors Ichikawa Ebizō V as Tetsugatake and Onoe Kikugorō IV as Iwakawa (1858)

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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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)
Yui; Ichikawa Danzō V in the Role of Minbunosuke

Yui; Ichikawa Danzō V in the Role of Minbunosuke (1852)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Two Women; Youth and Age

Two Women; Youth and Age (ca. 1857)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
The Actor Kataoka Nizaemon in the role of Ōboshi Yuranosuke (leader of the 47 rōnin)

The Actor Kataoka Nizaemon in the role of Ōboshi Yuranosuke (leader of the 47 rōnin) (1862)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Woman with a Fan in her Left Hand Combing her Hair

Woman with a Fan in her Left Hand Combing her Hair (1786-1864)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Woman Diver Combing her Hair

Woman Diver Combing her Hair (1786-1864)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
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)
Four Actors in the Roles of Natsume Shirosaburō, Ishidō Unemenosuke, Katsuragi, and Kijin Omatsu

Four Actors in the Roles of Natsume Shirosaburō, Ishidō Unemenosuke, Katsuragi, and Kijin Omatsu (1851)

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

Minakuchi; Panoramic View of Mount Iwafuri (1855)

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

Sutokuin (ca. 1845–1848)

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

Yui (1854)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Harumichi no Tsuraki from the series A Pictorial Commentary on One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets, no. 31

Harumichi no Tsuraki from the series A Pictorial Commentary on One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets, no. 31 (1844-47)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Woman and Male Servant in Snow, (Woman holding white umbrella)

Woman and Male Servant in Snow, (Woman holding white umbrella) (19th century)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Actors as Ebisu, Fukurokuju, Benkei, Fox and Hunter in the Style of Ōtsu-e

Actors as Ebisu, Fukurokuju, Benkei, Fox and Hunter in the Style of Ōtsu-e (circa 1850)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Actors in the Roles of Shimada Shigesaburō, Kugyō ama jitsuwa Takao and Sakingo Yorikane under Cherry Blossoms

Actors in the Roles of Shimada Shigesaburō, Kugyō ama jitsuwa Takao and Sakingo Yorikane under Cherry Blossoms (circa 1850)

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