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Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) - ‘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)
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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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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)
Spring Flowers at their Height

Spring Flowers at their Height (circa 1850)

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

Shinagawa (1854)

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)
Snow Scene; Woman Bending to Adjust Shoe

Snow Scene; Woman Bending to Adjust Shoe (ca. 1830–1843)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
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)
Actors in the Roles of Yoshida no Matsuwaka, Ōtomo Hitachinosuke, and Yakko Kajihira

Actors in the Roles of Yoshida no Matsuwaka, Ōtomo Hitachinosuke, and Yakko Kajihira (1854)

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

Summer Celebration in Edo

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
High-ranking Monk, Yasuhide Playing the Role of Nakamura Utaemon

High-ranking Monk, Yasuhide Playing the Role of Nakamura Utaemon (19th century)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Thirteen Brigade, North Group; Banba; The Actor Sawamura Tanosuke III as the Apprentice Chōkichi

Thirteen Brigade, North Group; Banba; The Actor Sawamura Tanosuke III as the Apprentice Chōkichi (1861)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Fashionable Man Viewing the Snow

Fashionable Man Viewing the Snow (circa 1843-1846)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Famous Places in the Eastern Capital; The Year-end Fair at Asakusa

Famous Places in the Eastern Capital; The Year-end Fair at Asakusa (1854)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Geisha Ohisa and Umekichi from Ōiso as Lion Dancers

Geisha Ohisa and Umekichi from Ōiso as Lion Dancers

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Abalone Divers off the Coast of Ise, from an Untitled Landscape Series

Abalone Divers off the Coast of Ise, from an Untitled Landscape Series (early 1830s)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Eight Figural Views (Sugata Hakkei) Pl.7

Eight Figural Views (Sugata Hakkei) Pl.7 (1850)

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