#Utagawa Toyokuni III

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Utagawa Hiroshige and Utagawa Kunisada - Prince Genji triptych; a snow-covered garden with a group of girls building a giant snow rabbit. Color woodblock prints, 1850's.

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Crowley finds a sumo puppet that looks startlingly familiar and blushes giggles laughs at the angel cake.

Aziraphale DOES tie his mawashi like a bowtie. His keshō-mawashi is bookshop colors with the lion from his ring.

Based on "Beauty With A Sumo Doll" by Utagawa Toyokuni III. I call this one "Snake With An Angel Doll."

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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.

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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

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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"

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

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

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Tenjiku Tokubei riding a giant toad.

Amazing Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads

The Japanese term “kimo-kawaii” means “cute and ugly,” often describing anthropomorphic frogs and toads in art.

Tenjiku Tokubei (1612-1692) inspired kabuki and literature, portraying him as a spell-caster transforming stones into giant toads. This influenced Kanwatei Onitake, creating Jiraiya, a ninja conjuring phantom frogs. Jiraiya starred in the folk tale Katakiuchi Kidan Jiraiya Monogatari, adapted into kabuki and various media. Matsumoto Hoji, a 19th-century artist, created notable frog woodblocks.

Actor Onoe Tamizô II as Tenjiku Tokubei Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864), Publisher Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendô) (Japanese) 1841 (Tenpô 12), 7th month.

Actor Onoe Eizaburo I as a Magician with a Giant Toad Woodblock print.

Sumō wrestling toads by Ohara Hōson 1930.

[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)

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

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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

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La rivière Sumida en hiver (musée des arts décoratifs, Paris)

Hiver : la rivière Sumida / Série : les quatre saisons du Genji

Estampe attribuée à Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (1826-1I869), le fils adoptif d'Hiroshige I, et à Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786-1864)

1862

Japon, époque d'Edo

Impression polychrome (nishiki-e)

Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris

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

Biography and works of Kunisada

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

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