Utagawa Kuniyoshis born as Igusa Magosaburo was the son of a silk dyer. Noble thread and iridescent colors surrounded Utagawa from early childhood on and his first artistic attempts were painted kimonos. Born and raised in Edo, today's Tokyo, the young artist had contacts to the artistic scene of the ukiyo-e movement. Already during his apprenticeship Utagawa made woodblock prints, which received great recognition. Portraits of actors, book illustrations and a series of sights of his hometown belong to his early works.
Kuniyoshi, as he was called after he had completed his training, made only a small number of landscape paintings. Unusual for Japanese artists, Utagawa placed fighting samurai and figures from mythology at the center of his motifs. Even in one of his most famous paintings, "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of Chinese History", the elements of battle and fantasy are found.
The generation of artists of the 19th century was characterized by cultural exchange with Europe. While the European eye became accustomed to the forms of Japanese woodblock printing, Asian artists increasingly adopted the laws of perspective. "Kakinomoto Hitomaro" clearly shows an intensely colored foreground and a fading, bright landscape in the background. The interplay of light and shadow found its way into the printing technique. Together with the artist Kobayashi Kiyochika, Kuniyoshi coined the term k?sen-ga or "pictures of sunbeams".
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.jpg "Landscapes and Beauties - Feeling Like Reading the Next Volume by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "The Death of Tomomori at the Battle of Dan-no-Ura, 1185 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Tameijiro Genshogo fighting an armoured man underwater, from the series 108 Chinese Heroes of the Suikoden by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Famous Places at the Third of the Fifty-Three Stations along the Tokaido, Edo period by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Miyamoto no Musashi Attacking the Giant Whale by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Be Patient, 1843-1847 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-78474).jpg "Sakuri Takichi Kiyokazu While Delivering a Blow with His Naginata by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Japanese Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "The Battle of Dan-no-ura by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Suetsumuhana: Mukan-no-tayu Atsumori, from the series")
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.jpg "Oyataro Mitsukuni Defying the Skeleton Spectre Conjured up by Princess Takiyasha, 1844-1845 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Monk Nichiren in Exile on Sado Island, from the series Illustration of Famous Monks, 1835-36 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "The last stand of the Kusunoki at Shijonawate Nanke yushi shijonawate nite uchijini, c.1851 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Rori Hakucho Chojun from the series 108 Heroes of the Novel Shui Hu Chuan by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Miyamoto Musashi Kills an Enormous Whale, c.1847 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Amakasu Omi no Kami. The Battle of Kawanakajima, ca 1844 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Fishing for Bonito in Sagami Province, from the series Auspicious Desires on Land and Sea by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-72460).jpg "Yoshitsune with Benkei and Other Retainers in their Ship Beset by the Ghosts of Taira by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Masakiyo blown up by a Land Mine at Kawanakajima, c.1848 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 hero of the Suikoden (Water Margin) - (MeisterDrucke-543462).jpg "Kinhyōshi Yōrin (Yang Lin), Hero of the Suikoden (Water Margin). 1 Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Black Carp by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Morozumi Bungo no kami Masakiyo by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "55 Cats Representing the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Shakuhachi Player by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Priest Nichiren in Exile on Sado Island by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Sasai Kyuzo Masayasu by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "The Earth Spider Generates Monsters at the Mansion of Lord Minamoto Yorimitsu, 1843 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Nichiren in Snow at Tsukahara, Sodo Province by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Yoshitsune Minamoto attacked by the spectra of the killed enemies. Painting by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, early 19th century by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Iwanuma Kichirokurō Nobusato Series: One of the Eight Hundred Heroes of the Water Margin of Our Country (Honchō Suikoden gōketsu happyakunin no hitori), c.1836 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_at_the_battle_of_Anegawa_-_(MeisterDrucke-1428496).jpg "The warrior Sasai Kyūzō Masayasu at the battle of Anegawa by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1033870).jpg "Mongaku Shonin under the Waterfall (Bottom) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_(colour_-_(MeisterDrucke-984612).jpg "Nichiren in the Snow at Tsukahara on Sado Island by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Dragon Palace Dragon King Presents Three Gifts to Tawara Tōda Hidesato by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-984601).jpg "Mongaku Shonin under the Waterfall (Top) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "The Courtesan Hanao of Ogi-ya by Kuniyoshi by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1011358).jpg "Mongaku Shonin under the Waterfall (Middle) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Son of Masakado by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_Being_attacked_by_octopus_while_grabbing_sacred_jewe_-_(MeisterDrucke-1102189).jpg "Tamatori (female ama diver), Being attacked by octopus while grabbing sacred jewel by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_from_the_series_One_Hundred_and_Eight_Heroes_of_-_(MeisterDrucke-1289767).jpg "Hu Sanniang, from the series \"One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin\" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_from_the_series_One_Hundred_and_Eight_Heroes_of_the_Po_-_(MeisterDrucke-1283025).jpg "Yang Zhi, from")
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_from_the_series_One_Hundred_and_Eight_Her_-_(MeisterDrucke-1288097).jpg "Zheng Tianshou, from the series \"One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin\" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_from_the_series_One_Hundred_and_Eight_Heroes_of_the_-_(MeisterDrucke-1613148).jpg "Zhang Qing, from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_from_the_ser_-_(MeisterDrucke-1296723).jpg "Lu Zhishen, Originally Named Lu Da, from the series")
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_from_the_series_One_Hundred_and_Eight_Heroes_of_the_Popul_-_(MeisterDrucke-1281305).jpg "Yan Qing (Roshi Ensei), from the series \"One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin\" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_from_the_series_One_Hundred_and_Eight_Heroes_of_th_-_(MeisterDrucke-1296835).jpg "Bai Sheng, from the series \"One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin\" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "One of the 108 Heroes of the Popular Water Margin, c.1828-29 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_from_the_series_One_Hundred_and_Eight_Heroes_of_the_-_(MeisterDrucke-1297122).jpg "Chen Da (Chokanko Chintatsu), from the series \"One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin\" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_from_the_series_One_Hundred_and_Eight_Heroes_-_(MeisterDrucke-1617222).jpg "Ruan Xiao")
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_from_the_series_One_Hundred_and_Eight_Heroes_of_the_Pop_-_(MeisterDrucke-1293885).jpg "Cao Zheng (Sotoki Sosei), from the series \"One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin\" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Rōshi Ensei, Series: One of the 108 Heroes of the Popular Water Margin, c.1828-29 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_from_the_series_One_Hundred_and_Eight_Heroes_of_the_P_-_(MeisterDrucke-1292520).jpg "Xie Zhen (Ryotoda Kaichin), from the series")
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.jpg "One Hundred and Eight Heroes from the Chinese Tale, The Water Margin: Zhang Shun, alias White Stripe by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Tajima Province, from the series \"Modern Scenes of the Provinces in Edo Brocades (Edo nishiki imayo kuni zukushi)\" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_from_the_series_One_Hundred_and_Eight_Heroes_-_(MeisterDrucke-1291608).jpg "Rua Xiaoqi, from the series")
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.jpg "Woman with an Octopus; from the series Five Pictures of Low Tide by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Dawn over Mount Fuji, from the series")
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_from_the_series_One_Hundred_and_Eight_Heroes_of_-_(MeisterDrucke-1281257).jpg "Wu Song, from the series")
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.jpg "Horikoshiya Ichichachi and his wife Oshino Ichihachi, c. 1852-1861 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Tamomo no Mae, with Poem by Fumiya Asayasu, from the series \"Ogura Versions of the One Hundred Poets\" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Kagero: Akushichibei Kagekiyo, from the series")
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.jpg "Scene from a Ghost Story: The Okazaki Cat Demon, ca. 1850 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Fifty-three Cats as Puns for the Names of the Station on the Tokaido Road, c.1848 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Shimosa Province: Asakura Togo and Hitachi Province: Oguri")
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.jpg "I no Hayata Hironao Series: One of the Eight Hundred Heroes of the Water Margin of Our Country (Honchō Suikoden gōketsu happyakunin no hitori), c.1830-31 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-679340).jpg "The Monster")
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.jpg "Inue Shinbyoe Masashi, from the series")
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.jpg "Tanmeijiro Genshogo Fighting Under Water by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-176259).jpg "Tokiwa-Gozen with her three children in the snow by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_section_of_a_sheet_from_the_series_-_(MeisterDrucke-1279950).jpg "Yaguchi Ferry Crossing, from the series")
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.jpg "Princess Takiyasha Calling up a Monstrous Skeleton Specter at the Old Palace in Sōma, c.1845-46 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_from_the_series_Twenty-four_Paragons_of_Filial_Piety_i_-_(MeisterDrucke-1272869).jpg "Zhu Shouchang (Shu Jusho), from the series \"Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety in China\" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_Ukiyo-e_Utagawa_Kuniyoshi_(1797-1861)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1103699).jpg "Japan, Edo period (1603-1868), Ukiyo-e by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Fujiwara no Okikaze, from the series \"One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets\" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-205174).jpg "The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Matsuwakamaru, Edo period, 1847 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Saishin, from the series")
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.jpg "Yoemon Killing Kasane Near River (Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Yamanobe no Akahito, from the series")
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.jpg "Old Man Gen Exorcise the Bad Spirit of a Haunting Fox by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "The ghost of Oiwa emerges from a lantern to frighten Kamiya Niemon, published 1845-1848 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Nozarashi Gosuke Series: Men of Ready Money with True Labels Attached by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido: Warabi, Inuyama Dosetsu, Edo period, 1852 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Suo Province, from the series \"Modern Scenes of the Provinces in Edo Brocades\" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_from_the_series_Twenty-four_Paragons_of_Filia_-_(MeisterDrucke-1277742).jpg "Emperor Wen of Han (Kan no Buntei), from the series")
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_(Minamoto_no_Yori_-_(MeisterDrucke-312432).jpg "The Earth Spider Slain by the Hero Raiko")
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.jpg "Japanese Warlord Minamoto no Yoritomo by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Recovering the Stolen Jewel from the Palace of the Dragon King, 1853 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_from_the_series_Twenty-four_Paragons_of_Filial_Piety_in_-_(MeisterDrucke-1274972).jpg "Min Ziqian (Bin Shiken), from the Series")
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.jpg "Moral Teaching for Shopboys, Giving Good and Bad Examples of Behaviour, 1857 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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