#Kitao Masayoshi

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Wrapper for the book 'Illustrated Classic of Loyalty' (1793). For Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849) by Kitao Masayoshi (Japanese, 1764–1824).

Woodblock print.

Image and text information courtesy MFA Boston.

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Kitao Masayoshi - Eight-Headed Dragon, 1809 woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper 39.7 x 26.3 cm Museum of Fine Arts Boston

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Kitao Masayoshi (1764-1824) - Untitled

Kitao Masayoshi (1764-1824) was born in Japan during the Edo Period. From the 1790s, he is also called Kuwagata Keisai.

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Kiso Yoshinaka and the Flight of the Child Emperor

Tomoe Gozen, by Kitao Masayoshi, Edo Period, Source: Ukiyo-e.org

The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate

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Yoshitsune’s Campaign

The Battle of Ichi-no-Tani, on folding screen, late 1600s, Source: Wikimedia Commons

Dan-no-Ura

Yoshitsune Leaps Over Eight Boats, by Utagawa Yoshitoshi, 19th century, Source: The Art of Japan

The Kamakura Shogunate

Hunting at the Foot of Mount Fuji, by Utagawa Kunisada, 1820, Source: Japanese Prints

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Eight-Headed Dragon by (1809)

Eight-Headed Dragon by Kitao Masayoshi (1809)

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frogs by kitao masayoshi

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Today 1/2 was #Hatsuyume Day (Japanese First dream day in this year). Is it the magic of your first dream? Good night with the loose seven deities of good fortune from "Shosai Abbreviation Garden" (1808) by Shousai (Kitao Masayoshi) in honor of "Treasure Ship".

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Young Bird and Camellia by Kitao Masayoshi, 1789

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e-hon 絵本  -  livre illustré  - “Gyokai ryakuga shiki 魚介略画式” - Formes simplifiées de dessin (des poissons et des coquillages) de

Kitao Masayoshi  北尾政美 (1764 - 1824).

Aussi connu sous le nom de Kuwagata Keisai 鍬形蕙斎 qu'il prend vers 1790.

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Kitao Masayoshi, Kori and Peony from the book Pictures of imported Birds, 1789. Coloured woodblock print,

From the East Asia Collection of the Museum für Kunst & Gewerbe, Hamburg.

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Wrapper for the book 'Illustrated Life of Masakado' (1793) by Kitao Masayoshi (Japanese, 1764–1824).

Woodblock print.

Image and text information courtesy MFA Boston.

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Title: Partridges (Shako) and Rapids, reprinted from the album Kaihaku raikin zui ( Compendium of Pictures of Birds Imported from Overseas). Artist: Kitao Masayoshi Date: 1790 Source: Ukiyo-e.org

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Pages from Choju Ryakugashiki (‘Simplified Forms of Drawing Birds and Plants’), by Masayoshi Kitao, 1797.

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Selected pages from Chōjū ryakugashiki (鳥獸略画式) by Kitao, Masayoshi (北尾政美), 1868-1912

The rest of the book can be found here.

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Dragon on Waves by Kitao Masayoshi (Edo Period)