Utagawa Kuniyoshis born as Igusa Magosaburo was the son of a silk dyer. Noble thread and iridescent colors surrounded Utagawa from early childhood on and his first artistic attempts were painted kimonos. Born and raised in Edo, today's Tokyo, the young artist had contacts to the artistic scene of the ukiyo-e movement. Already during his apprenticeship Utagawa made woodblock prints, which received great recognition. Portraits of actors, book illustrations and a series of sights of his hometown belong to his early works.
Kuniyoshi, as he was called after he had completed his training, made only a small number of landscape paintings. Unusual for Japanese artists, Utagawa placed fighting samurai and figures from mythology at the center of his motifs. Even in one of his most famous paintings, "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of Chinese History", the elements of battle and fantasy are found.
The generation of artists of the 19th century was characterized by cultural exchange with Europe. While the European eye became accustomed to the forms of Japanese woodblock printing, Asian artists increasingly adopted the laws of perspective. "Kakinomoto Hitomaro" clearly shows an intensely colored foreground and a fading, bright landscape in the background. The interplay of light and shadow found its way into the printing technique. Together with the artist Kobayashi Kiyochika, Kuniyoshi coined the term k?sen-ga or "pictures of sunbeams".
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.jpg "Landscapes and Beauties - Feeling Like Reading the Next Volume by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Famous Places at the Third of the Fifty-Three Stations along the Tokaido, Edo period by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Tameijiro Genshogo fighting an armoured man underwater, from the series 108 Chinese Heroes of the Suikoden by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "The Death of Tomomori at the Battle of Dan-no-Ura, 1185 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-78474).jpg "Sakuri Takichi Kiyokazu While Delivering a Blow with His Naginata by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Japanese Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Miyamoto no Musashi Attacking the Giant Whale by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Be Patient, 1843-1847 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-297073).jpg "Mongaku Shonin under the Waterfall (vertical triptych) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Fishing for Bonito in Sagami Province, from the series Auspicious Desires on Land and Sea by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Nichiren in Snow at Tsukahara, Sodo Province by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Masakiyo blown up by a Land Mine at Kawanakajima, c.1848 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-180499).jpg "The Death of Yamanaka Dankuro, triptych by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-72460).jpg "Yoshitsune with Benkei and Other Retainers in their Ship Beset by the Ghosts of Taira by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-105156).jpg "Sanada Yoichi Yoshitada, Dressed for the Hunt with a Bow in Hand by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Miyamoto Musashi Kills an Enormous Whale, c.1847 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 hero of the Suikoden (Water Margin) - (MeisterDrucke-543462).jpg "Kinhyōshi Yōrin (Yang Lin), Hero of the Suikoden (Water Margin). 1 Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_(colour_-_(MeisterDrucke-984612).jpg "Nichiren in the Snow at Tsukahara on Sado Island by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Shakuhachi Player by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "55 Cats Representing the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1011358).jpg "Mongaku Shonin under the Waterfall (Middle) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "The Battle of Dan-no-ura by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "The Courtesan Hanao of Ogi-ya by Kuniyoshi by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Monk Nichiren in Exile on Sado Island, from the series Illustration of Famous Monks, 1835-36 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Rori Hakucho Chojun from the series 108 Heroes of the Novel Shui Hu Chuan by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-647234).jpg "No. 12 Sasai Kyuzo Masayasu by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Iwanuma Kichirokurō Nobusato Series: One of the Eight Hundred Heroes of the Water Margin of Our Country (Honchō Suikoden gōketsu happyakunin no hitori), c.1836 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "The last stand of the Kusunoki at Shijonawate Nanke yushi shijonawate nite uchijini, c.1851 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Yoshitsune Minamoto attacked by the spectra of the killed enemies. Painting by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, early 19th century by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "The Earth Spider Generates Monsters at the Mansion of Lord Minamoto Yorimitsu, 1843 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Amakasu Omi no Kami. The Battle of Kawanakajima, ca 1844 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Oyataro Mitsukuni Defying the Skeleton Spectre Conjured up by Princess Takiyasha, 1844-1845 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1033870).jpg "Mongaku Shonin under the Waterfall (Bottom) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Morozumi Bungo no kami Masakiyo by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Priest Nichiren in Exile on Sado Island by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_at_the_battle_of_Anegawa_-_(MeisterDrucke-1428496).jpg "The warrior Sasai Kyūzō Masayasu at the battle of Anegawa by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-984601).jpg "Mongaku Shonin under the Waterfall (Top) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Suetsumuhana: Mukan-no-tayu Atsumori, from the series")
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.jpg "Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Son of Masakado by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Sasai Kyuzo Masayasu by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Black Carp by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Dragon Palace Dragon King Presents Three Gifts to Tawara Tōda Hidesato by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-176945).jpg "Keyamura Rokusuke, Edo period, c.1836 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_c1832-33_-_(MeisterDrucke-954848).jpg "Shin")
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.jpg "Iyo Province: Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Minamoto no Yoshitune, from the series")
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.jpg "Geisha Standing on the Bank of the Sumida River, early 1830s by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Kume Sennin falls into a river at the sight of a bare-breasted woman crouching on a rock, Station 45, published by Hayashi Shoehi by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Sheet from a colour woodblock print triptych, entitled Kawanakajima kassen (The Battle of Kawanakajima), depicting a close-up of the personal encounter of the two leaders, Uesugi Kenshin (left) and Takeda Shingen: Japan, Edo, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Minakuchi, Ishibe, Kusatsu, Otsu, and Kyoto, from the series \"Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Five Stations\" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Miya, Kuwana, Yokkaichi, and Ishiyakushi, from the series \"Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Four Stations\" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Dawn over Mount Fuji, from the series")
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.jpg "Shono, Kameyama, Seki, Sakanoshita, and Tsuchiyama, from the series")
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 1847-1852 - (MeisterDrucke-209453).jpg "Two Women Fighting under Cherry Tree, a Scene from a Kabuki Play by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-200691).jpg "The Ashikaga fleet sailing into attack Nitta, c.1840 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_from_the_series_Twenty-four_Paragons_of_Filial_Piety_in_C_-_(MeisterDrucke-1286441).jpg "Madame Tang, from the series")
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_from_the_series_Twenty-four_Paragons_of_Filial_Piety_i_-_(MeisterDrucke-1272869).jpg "Zhu Shouchang (Shu Jusho), from the series \"Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety in China\" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Nihonbashi, Shinagawa, Kawasaki, and Kanagawa, from the series")
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.jpg "Hara, Yoshiwara, and Kanbara, from the series")
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.jpg "Yorimasa Shooting at the Monster Nuye, Published c.1845 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_from_the_series_-_(MeisterDrucke-1276366).jpg "In the Snow at Tsukahara on Sado Island, from the series")
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_c1852_-_(MeisterDrucke-954869).jpg "Proverbs Illustrated by Cats, c.1852 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_from_the_series_One_Hundred_and_Eight_Heroes_of_-_(MeisterDrucke-1289767).jpg "Hu Sanniang, from the series \"One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin\" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Suo Province, from the series \"Modern Scenes of the Provinces in Edo Brocades\" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_Act_XI_The_Night_Attack_-_(MeisterDrucke-1330763).jpg "The Loyal League of Forty-seven Ronin, Act XI: The Night Attack by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-195127).jpg "Portraits of Loyal Samurai: Sugino Juheiji Tsugifusa by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_from_the_series_Twenty-four_Paragons_of_Filial_Piety_in_Chin_-_(MeisterDrucke-1299333).jpg "Zeng Shen, from the series")
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.jpg "Three Actors by a Folding Screen by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_from_the_series_Twenty-four_Paragons_of_Filial_Piety_in_China_-_(MeisterDrucke-1291218).jpg "Dong Yong, from the series")
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_from_the_series_Famous_Places_in_the_Eastern_Capita_-_(MeisterDrucke-1290722).jpg "Tsukuda Island, from the series")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1292815).jpg "Snow: Onoe Kikugoro III, from")
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.jpg "View of Shubi no Matsu in the Eastern Capital, from an Untitled Series of at Least Eight Landscapes, c.1833 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Tajima Province, from the series \"Modern Scenes of the Provinces in Edo Brocades (Edo nishiki imayo kuni zukushi)\" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Shimosa Province: Asakura Togo and Hitachi Province: Oguri")
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.jpg "Oe no Chisato, from the series \"One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets\" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Akizuki Yuminosuke")
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_from_the_series_Twenty-four_Paragons_of_Filial_Piety_in_China_-_(MeisterDrucke-1294328).jpg "Wang Xiang, from the series")
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.jpg "Takeda Shingen Crushes the Forces of Suwa Yorishige (Takeda Shingen Suwa Yorishige no jinchū o uchi-kuzusu zu), c.1850-51 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_from_the_series_Twenty-four_Paragons_of_-_(MeisterDrucke-1286424).jpg "Zhang Xiao and Zhang Li, from the series \"Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety in China\" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Scene from the Hachinoki Story by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-679340).jpg "The Monster")
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_section_of_a_sheet_from_the_ser_-_(MeisterDrucke-1293474).jpg "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety, section of a sheet from the series \"A Harimaze Mirror of Joruri Plays\" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_c1842_-_(MeisterDrucke-954863).jpg "Racoon Dog and Fox at Play (Tanuki to kitsune no asobi), c.1842 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_from_the_series_-_(MeisterDrucke-1277181).jpg "View of Mitsumata in the Eastern Capital, from the series \"Views of the Eastern Capital\" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_from_the_series_Twenty-four_Paragons_of_Filial_Piety_in_-_(MeisterDrucke-1274972).jpg "Min Ziqian (Bin Shiken), from the Series")
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.jpg "Kagamiyama, section of a sheet from the series A Harimaze Mirror of Joruri Plays by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "The Toi Tama River in the Province of Settsu by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_from_the_series_Twenty-four_Paragons_of_Filial_Piety_in_China_-_(MeisterDrucke-1294355).jpg "Lu Ji, from the series")
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.jpg "Three Anglers Fishing at Teppozu, from the series Famous places of the Eastern Capital by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1277241).jpg "Asakusa Imado, from the series \"Famous Places in the Eastern Capital\" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1340852).jpg "Ogura Imitation of the One Hundred Poems (series title) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_from_the_series_Twenty-four_Paragons_of_Filial_Piety_in_China_-_(MeisterDrucke-1285610).jpg "Ding Lan, from the series")
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.jpg "Daikoku and Ebisu, Two of the Seven Gods of Happiness by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1289556).jpg "Omori, from the series")
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.jpg "The Chofu Tama River in the Province of Musashi (Musashi Kuni Chofu no Tamagawa) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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