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Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) - Warrior in Fine Green, Blue, Red, Yellow, and Silver

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

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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A View of the Large New Room at Sakurai

A View of the Large New Room at Sakurai (early or mid 1830s)

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

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
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)
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII as I no Hayata

Ichikawa Danjūrō VII as I no Hayata (1820)

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)
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)
Act XI; Moronao is Dragged from Hiding and Identified by Yuranosuke, then Killed; Moronao’s Retainers Being Pursued

Act XI; Moronao is Dragged from Hiding and Identified by Yuranosuke, then Killed; Moronao’s Retainers Being Pursued (circa 1835)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Two Men, One with Black Horse Banner

Two Men, One with Black Horse Banner (ca. 1813–1833)

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)
Flowers

Flowers (circa 1847-1852)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Viewing Plum Blossoms

Viewing Plum Blossoms (1858)

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

Ofuji of Ōmiya and her Servant Tsuruya Denzō (1856)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Woman Bucking Autumn Wind

Woman Bucking Autumn Wind (1786-1864)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Woman Putting Out a Light (from the series Modern Customs: Frost Beneath the Stars)

Woman Putting Out a Light (from the series Modern Customs: Frost Beneath the Stars) (c. 1820)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Woman Carrying Samurai Armor (Surimono)

Woman Carrying Samurai Armor (Surimono) (ca. 1813–1833)

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