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Utagawa Kunisada

1786–1865 · Japanese

Born
1786 · Edo
Died
1865 · Edo

196 works in the Collect24 Registry

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Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist. He was considered the most popular, prolific, and commercially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan.

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Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese: 歌川 国貞; 1786 – 12 January 1865), also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III (三代 歌川 豊国, Sandai Utagawa Toyokuni), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist. He is considered 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.

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Selected registered works by Utagawa Kunisada

Selected from 196 works by Utagawa Kunisada in the Collect24 Registry.

Utagawa Kunisada, Woman Leaving a Bath House (from the series Pictures from Otsu)

Utagawa Kunisada

Woman Leaving a Bath House (from the series Pictures from Otsu), c. mid 1820s

color woodblock print

37.5 × 23.2 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-203763

Utagawa Kunisada, Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kan Shojo in the Mt. Tenpai Scene, from the series Famous Kabuki Plays

Utagawa Kunisada

Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kan Shojo in the Mt. Tenpai Scene, from the series Famous Kabuki Plays, 1814

color woodblock print, with mica

38 × 25.9 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-200270

Utagawa Kunisada, Abalone Divers off the Coast of Ise, from an Untitled Landscape Series

Utagawa Kunisada

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

color woodblock print

27.4 × 40 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-195972

Utagawa Kunisada, Courtesan beneath a Mosquito Net

Utagawa Kunisada

Courtesan beneath a Mosquito Net, 1855

Ink and color on silk

101.5 × 38.5 cm

National Museum of Asian Art

C24-124993

Utagawa Kunisada, Selected Scenes from One Poem Each by One Hundred Poets: Poem by Emperor Kōkō

Utagawa Kunisada

Selected Scenes from One Poem Each by One Hundred Poets: Poem by Emperor Kōkō, 19th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

37.1 × 25.1 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-265310

Utagawa Kunisada, Annual event - the third month (Ukiyo nenjū gyōji: Yayoi)

Utagawa Kunisada

Annual event - the third month (Ukiyo nenjū gyōji: Yayoi), mid-19th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

36.5 × 26.7 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-252329

Utagawa Kunisada, Shanaō [Yoshitsune] Learns Martial Arts in Sōjōgatani (Shanaō Sōjōgatani ni heijutsu o manabu zu)

Utagawa Kunisada

Shanaō [Yoshitsune] Learns Martial Arts in Sōjōgatani (Shanaō Sōjōgatani ni heijutsu o manabu zu), 1830s (Tenpô era)

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

37.5 × 25.7 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-263885

Utagawa Kunisada, Print

Utagawa Kunisada

Print, 19th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

34.6 × 24.4 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-237989

Utagawa Kunisada, Print

Utagawa Kunisada

Print, 19th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

34.3 × 24.4 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-237993

Utagawa Kunisada, Print

Utagawa Kunisada

Print, 19th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

34.6 × 24.4 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-237447

Utagawa Kunisada, Print

Utagawa Kunisada

Print, 19th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

34.6 × 24.1 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-237401

Utagawa Kunisada, Print

Utagawa Kunisada

Print, 19th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

34.6 × 24.1 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-237328

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