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Utagawa Kunisada

1786–1865 · Japanese

Born
1786 · Edo
Died
1865 · Edo

196 works in the Collect24 Registry

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Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist. He was considered the most popular, prolific, and commercially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan.

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Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese: 歌川 国貞; 1786 – 12 January 1865), also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III (三代 歌川 豊国, Sandai Utagawa Toyokuni), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist. He is considered the most popular, prolific and commercially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan. In his own time, his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi.

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Selected registered works by Utagawa Kunisada

Selected from 196 works by Utagawa Kunisada in the Collect24 Registry.

Utagawa Kunisada, Woman Leaving a Bath House (from the series Pictures from Otsu)

Utagawa Kunisada

Woman Leaving a Bath House (from the series Pictures from Otsu), c. mid 1820s

color woodblock print

37.5 × 23.2 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-203763

Utagawa Kunisada, Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kan Shojo in the Mt. Tenpai Scene, from the series Famous Kabuki Plays

Utagawa Kunisada

Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kan Shojo in the Mt. Tenpai Scene, from the series Famous Kabuki Plays, 1814

color woodblock print, with mica

38 × 25.9 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-200270

Utagawa Kunisada, Abalone Divers off the Coast of Ise, from an Untitled Landscape Series

Utagawa Kunisada

Abalone Divers off the Coast of Ise, from an Untitled Landscape Series, early 1830s

color woodblock print

27.4 × 40 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-195972

Utagawa Kunisada, Courtesan beneath a Mosquito Net

Utagawa Kunisada

Courtesan beneath a Mosquito Net, 1855

Ink and color on silk

101.5 × 38.5 cm

National Museum of Asian Art

C24-124993

Utagawa Kunisada, Print

Utagawa Kunisada

Print, 19th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

34.6 × 24.4 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-237442

Utagawa Kunisada, Print

Utagawa Kunisada

Print, 19th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

34.9 × 24.8 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-237415

Utagawa Kunisada, Print

Utagawa Kunisada

Print, 19th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

34.6 × 24.4 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-237427

Utagawa Kunisada, Print

Utagawa Kunisada

Print, 19th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

34.6 × 24.4 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-237444

Utagawa Kunisada, Basketry Work: By the Craftsman Ichida Shōshichirō of Naniwa (Kagozaiku Naniwa saikunin Ichida Shōshichirō)

Utagawa Kunisada

Basketry Work: By the Craftsman Ichida Shōshichirō of Naniwa (Kagozaiku Naniwa saikunin Ichida Shōshichirō), 1819

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

34.3 × 24.1 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-228472

Utagawa Kunisada, Harumichi no Tsuraki from the series A Pictorial Commentary on One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets, no. 31

Utagawa Kunisada

Harumichi no Tsuraki from the series A Pictorial Commentary on One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets, no. 31, 1844–47

color woodblock print

36.2 × 24.8 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-225138

Utagawa Kunisada, Woman with a Folding Fan and Hand Mirror, from the series Sensuous Young Women of Contemporary Times

Utagawa Kunisada

Woman with a Folding Fan and Hand Mirror, from the series Sensuous Young Women of Contemporary Times, 1838

Woodblock print (nishiki-e)

28.9 × 22.2 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-442829

Utagawa Kunisada, Twelve Hours of Spring Pleasures: Hour of the Goat

Utagawa Kunisada

Twelve Hours of Spring Pleasures: Hour of the Goat, 19th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

35.9 × 24.1 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-255625

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