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Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) - 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)
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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 (1850)

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First Bonito of the Year

First Bonito of the Year (1844–48)

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The Courtesans Hanamurasaki and Koshikibu of the Tamaya Promenading in the Rain

The Courtesans Hanamurasaki and Koshikibu of the Tamaya Promenading in the Rain (c. early 1830s)

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)

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Fujieda

Fujieda (1854)

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Actors Bandō Sajūrō I as Mumata Junsai, Bandō Takesaburō I as Oguri Sōtan

Actors Bandō Sajūrō I as Mumata Junsai, Bandō Takesaburō I as Oguri Sōtan (1851)

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Actor Iwai Hanshiro in the Role of Oito

Actor Iwai Hanshiro in the Role of Oito (ca. 1830)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Nakamura Shikan in the role of Huwa Hanzaemon

Nakamura Shikan in the role of Huwa Hanzaemon (19th century)

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Night Visage of the Flower Genji

Night Visage of the Flower Genji (1861)

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Woman Diver Combing her Hair

Woman Diver Combing her Hair (1786-1864)

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Red

Red (circa 1847-1852)

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Minakuchi; Panoramic View of Mount Iwafuri

Minakuchi; Panoramic View of Mount Iwafuri (1855)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
A Duel; Two Warriors

A Duel; Two Warriors (ca. 1813–1833)

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Warrior in Fine Green, Blue, Red, Yellow, and Silver

Warrior in Fine Green, Blue, Red, Yellow, and Silver (ca. 1833–1843)

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Standing Beauty with Butterfly Pattern Kimono

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

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