#Utagawa Toyokuni III

[nobrashfestivity]

Toyokuni III (AKA Kunisada, 1786 - 1864)

Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Endo Musha: Poem by Fujiwara no Nakafumi

Series: Mitate of Selected Thirty-six Selected Poems

Woodblock Print

Date: 1852

Size (H x W): 14 x 9.5 (inches)Publisher: Iseya Kanekich

ronin gallery

[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.

[inkbrushmood]

TOYOKUNI III (1786 - 1864): Nowaki, Chapter 28

Fifty-four Chapters of The Tale of Genji Japanese Woodblock Print 8 3/4" x 13 1/4"

[thekimonogallery]

Cherry Blossom Viewing, by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), ca. 1833

[japaneseaesthetics]

Enjoying Plum Blossoms in the Evening, by Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III), ca. 1850

[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)

[bluart106]

by Utagawa Kunisada I  a.k.a. Utagawa Toyokuni III

[drawpaintwritemakethings]

five ukiyo-e ink brush drawings on paper

The ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world") genre of art flourished in Japan from the 17th through 19th centuries. Ukiyo-e artists produced woodblock prints and paintings depicting samurai, beautiful courtesans, kabuki actors, sumo wrestlers, history, folk tales, travel in romantic landscapes, flora, fauna and erotica. The Floating World, as the pleasure districts of Edo (modern day Tokyo) were called, describes the sensory pleasures of urban life, but also offers a bittersweet reminder of the fleeting nature of all worldly delights. Some of the greatest Japanese artists of the time—Ando Hiroshige, Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Toyokuni III, and Keisai Eisen among them—became known primarily as woodblock print designers in the ukiyo-e style. Their work had a profound impact on European artists around this time—its flattened perspective and innovative compositions inspired artists such as Mary Cassatt, Vincent Van Gogh, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, as well as the Japonisme movement in art and design.

Here are five original ink-brush drawings in the ukiyo-e style — a reinterpretation divergent from a simple pastiche in that the historical ukiyo-e images were never done in simple black and white.

samurai at rest

samurai with fan

samurai with playful ghost

samurai with spear

the warlord

superblack India ink on various weights of all-wood sketch paper: a textured-surface, cold-press paper with anti-microbial agents (for protection against environmental acids)

8 x 10 inches each

packaged in a clear sleeve with lightweight archival board

… Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maple leaves; singing songs, drinking wine, diverting ourselves in just floating, floating; … refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current: this is what we call the floating world… ~ Asai Ryoi Singlemindedness is all-powerful.  ~ Tsunetomo Yamamoto At the moment of victory, tighten the straps of your helmet. ~ Tokugawa Ieyasu

meant for framing, to be displayed as a series

a wonderful gift for the Japanophile or fan of Asian art

shipped with care

everything from my shop comes with an extra art surprise

buy from people, not corporations

buy things made by human hands, not computers

escape from the dreaming planet ... give the gift of original art

find it here: drawthingspaintthingswritethingsmakethings.bigcartel.com/product/five-ukiyo-e-ink-brush-drawings-on-paper

[malaierba]

honestly if i were ryoko kui i'd go absolutely fucking nuts and insane with vore-ish (just the possibility of it, the threat if you will) imagery around toshiro but that kind of looks like ukiyo-e, like:

Look at this limited edition piece of the KISS band memebers done for the UKIYO-E PROJECT, tell me it's not super fun:

[sources: Triptych of Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre, Utagawa Kuniyoshi ; Chūsenko Teitokuson attacked by a snake on a mountain path, Utagawa Kuniyoshi ; Ryuho killing a white snake, Totoya Hokkei ; Cat witch of Okabe, Toyokuni III/Kunisada; MONSTROUS, Ishakawa Masumi & Sekioka Senrei III & Okada Takuya]

I have a vision now I need to work on the skills to make it happen

[masterpeaces-of-japanese-culture]

Reading by Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III), ca. 1847-1852

Biography and works of Kunisada

[joseandrestabarnia]

Título: El actor Sawamura Tanosuke III como la cortesana Katsuragi

alrededor de 1861

Artista: Utagawa Kunisada/Toyokuni III (Japón, 1786 – 1865)

Detalles

Lugar donde se realizó la obra: Japón

Período: Período Edo (Tokugawa) 1615 - 1868 → Japón

Fecha: alrededor de 1861

Categoría de medios: Impresión

Materiales usados: grabado en madera; tinta y color sobre papel

Dimensiones: 35,3 x 24,7 cm

Fecha de firma: Firmado: Toyokuni ga

Crédito: Donación del Dr. James Hayes 2010

Información e imagen de la web de la Art Gallery NSW.

[heavenboy09]

14 December, 1702

On this day in 1702, one of the most famous episodes in Japanese history took place, an event which is now universally referred to as the Forty-Seven Rōnin Incident, also known as the Akō incident (赤穂事件 Akō liken) or Akō vendetta. https://youtu.be/b6_kbydqEuE

The 18th-century historical event refers to a band of rōnin (leaderless samurai) who avenged the death of their master, Asano Naganori, lord of Ako, who was forced to commit ritual suicide following an earlier attack on Kira Yoshinaka, in grave breach of protocol, at the shogun's court in Edo.

A noted Japanese scholar has described the tale as the best known example of the samurai code of honour, bushidō, and as the country's "national legend."

Shown here is 1926 lithograph (from my personal collection of Japanese art) - known as "The 47 Rōnin Memorial Portrait" - which shows all of the participants in the legendary attack.

There are, of course, many other depictions of the historical event in ukiyo-e form by the likes of Utagawa Toyokuni (歌川豊国; 1769– 1825), usually referred to as Toyokuni I; Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎, 1760-1849), Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川 広重, 1797-1858), Utagawa Kunisada (歌川 国貞; 1786 – 1865), also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III (三代 歌川 豊国), and so on.

A number of successful films have, naturally, also been made detailing the Forty-Seven Rōnin Incident, the first of which was directed in 1912 by Makino Shozo.

For anyone in Japan who is interested in such things, it is still actually possible to make a visit to the site of the graves of the forty-seven Rōnin (四十七士 Shi-jū-shichi-shi), ranging in age from fifteen to seventy-seven, which are located at Sengaku-ji (泉岳寺), a Sōtō Zen Buddhist temple in the Takanawa neighbourhood of Minato-ku, near Sengakuji Station and Shinagawa Station, in Tokyo.

[thekimonogallery]

The actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as the fisherman Fukashichi, actually Kanawa Goro Imakuni, by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), ca. 1847-1852

[japaneseaesthetics]

Actors Onoe Kikujirô II as Konoshitagawa Kôsuke (R) and Ôtani Tomomatsu I as Hanyûya Sukeshirô (L), by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

[c-c-2]

Reading by Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III), ca. 1847-1852

[gadco]

In my #etsy shop: Vintage Japanese Woodblock Print by Utagawa Kunisada II (Toyokuni III) 1786-1865) #peopleportrait #interiordesign #orientalart #UtagawaKunisadaII https://etsy.me/3unNteg https://www.instagram.com/p/Cls75uzow32/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=