#Kunisada Utagawa Art

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THE STRIKING ARTISTRY OF THE KABUKI ACTOR'S PORTRAIT -- THE WIZARDRY OF THE TRADITIONAL WOODBLOCK PRINT.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a woodblock print by illustrator Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) of the Kabuki theater actor Ichikawa Ebizō V., playing the role of Usui Sadamitsu, the piece was reportedly published c. September 1863.

EXTRA INFO: "Featuring 200 prints by 89 artists, Taschen’s book "Japanese Woodblock Prints (1680-1983)" is a journey through two centuries of the art form. Ranging from depictions of everyday life to kabuki and erotica, the XXL edition is a 622-page art history lesson and a high-resolution visual compendium rolled into one."

-- TASCHEN BOOKS (luxury artbooks publisher)

Source: www.itsnicethat.com/articles/japanese-woodblock-prints-taschen-publication-021219 & Wikimedia.

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Utagawa Kunisada - A Crab on the Seashore, 19th c, Japan.⁣

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More for #ILoveHorsesDay ❤️🐴:

Horses, a New Publication (Shimpan uma zukushi)

Color woodblock prints

c.1847-8 by Utagawa Hiroshige II (Japan, 1826–1869), 377x257mm

1874 by Utagawa Kunisada III (Japan, 1848–1920), 337x225mm

Legion of Honor Museum 1963.30.1472, 1963.30.5519

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Crowley and Kinoshin-zeki dine at Ritsu. Well, one dines and one watches.

This is based on "The Wrestlers Of Sumo Kuroiwa And Zogahana With A Geisha" by Utagawa Kunisada (C 1845). I saw it and I was like "well I guess I'm making another one."

Making heart eyes at one another.

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The Akashi Bathhouse, Utagawa Kunisada, 1850

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Dragon Woman during the Time of Empress Gensho, Kunisada, 1800

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Utagawa Kunisada 

Ogiya uchi Hanaogi, Tamaya uchi Hanamurasaki, Matsubaya uchi Yosoi (The courtesans Hanaogi from the Ogiya house, Hanamurasaki from the Tamaya house and Yosoi from the Matsubaya house). ca. 1830

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Poet and butterfly, published by Otaya Takichi by Utagawa Kunisada (colour woodblock print)

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Utagawa Kunisada

Spider Woman

1853

[raiko-huyiro]

Utagawa Kunisada - Toyokuni III

1786-1865

Morita Kanya XI in the role of Saito Tarozaemon Toshiyuki.

1860

woodblock print

14 3/8 by 10 in.

36.5 by 25.3 cm.

Scholten Japanese Art presents “Strike a Pose: Spectacular Imagery of the Kabuki Theater,” an exhibition that brings together an array of imagery related to one of Japan’s most distinctive, and yet possibly least understood, cultural exports: the kabuki theater. The exhibition focuses on ukiyo-e woodblock prints portraying popular actors in lavish costumes on stage as well as relaxing off stage. On view September 8–16, and then again November 1–5 for Print Week, at 145 West 58th Street, Suite 6D.

[love1kimono]

Paysanne et enfant à Kakegawa, 26è station du Tokaido (Musée Guimet / MNAAG, Paris)

Kakegawa, 26è station ; au premier plan, une paysanne portant une bouilloire et un chapeau de paille dans le dos avec un jeune garçon

Sur la gauche, après le pont, on observe la présence d'un Tori-i ce qui indique la présence d'un sanctuaire. Au fond, au loin, le mont Akiba

Le Tokaido est la plus importante des 5 routes du Japon à l'époque d'Edo, elle relie Edo (Tokyo), lieu du pouvoir du Shogun à Kyoto, lieu de résidence de l'Empereur.

26è relais ou station : Kakegawa

(série : cinquante-trois stations du Tokaido)

Utagawa Hiroshige 1 (1797-1858)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (1786-1865)

Époque d'Edo (1603-1868)

1854-1857

Éditeur : Maruya Kyushiro

Estampe japonaise polychrome (nishiki-e)

Collection Leskowicz, Paris

[a-bit-of-japanology]

After Bathing Beauties - Genji

Utagawa Kunisada - 1864

"Furyu Gogyo no Uchi; Suisei"

The refreshing waterfall in the summer and prince Genji.

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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

The samurai, through most of Japan’s history, were the ruling warrior class. But that wasn’t always so. Discover how Japan transitioned under the Minamoto.

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

[arthistoryanimalia]

#FrogFriday 🐸:

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III) (Japan, 1786-1864)

Portrait of kabuki actor Sawamura Sojuro V as Nippon Daemon, 1864

Series: Toyokuni kigo kijutsu kurabe (Contest of Toyokuni Brushwork Wizardry)

Color woodblock print, H38.80 x W26.70 cm

British Museum 2018,3021.207

image © The Trustees of the British Museum (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

[useyourimagination2020]

“Erotic Ukiyoe” by Kunisada Utagawa

(via A Bedside Guide to the Colours of Love in Spring and Other Erotic Prints by Kunisada (NSFW) - Flashbak)

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“Chikubushima in Ōmi Province, No. 30 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route” from the series “The Miracles of Kannon” (観音霊験記 Kannon Reigenki) by Utagawa Kunisada I (歌川国貞), 1859: depicting the layout of Hōgonji Temple (宝厳寺) on Chikubushima Island in present-day Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture above, below a scene from the tale wherein a monk’s transcendent acolyte gifts him a sacred biwa to be presented to the temple

Color woodblock print, ōban from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston