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Utagawa Kuniyasu

1794

WA-00119209

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Smithsonian

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/chndm_1941-31-12-4
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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Utagawa Kuniyasu was a Japanese artist best known for his prints in the ukiyo-e style as a member of the Utagawa school.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (9)

The Courtesan Emon of Maruebiya with a View of Tago Bay (form the series Courtesans with a Playful Group of Eight Views)

1827 · color woodblock print

Sheet: 36.9 x 25.4 cm (14 1/2 x 10 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Woman holding puppet of actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Karigane Bunshichi

1820 · Color woodblock print; sheet from oban pentaptych (another sheet: 1926.767)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman holding puppet of actor Onoe Kikugoro III as Gokuin Sen'emon

1820 · Color woodblock print; sheet from oban pentaptych (another sheet: 1926.766)

Art Institute of Chicago

Beauty representing autumn, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons

1813 · Color woodblock print; oban

37.5 × 25 cm (14 3/4 × 9 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Beauty representing spring, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons

1813 · Color woodblock print; oban

37.5 × 25.1 cm (14 3/4 × 9 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Beauty representing winter, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons

1813 · Color woodblock print; oban

37.5 × 24.8 cm (14 3/4 × 9 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Couple in the Bedroom

1801 · Color woodblock print

22 × 37.8 cm (8 11/16 × 14 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ladies Playing Instruments

1801 · Color woodblock print; long surimono

19.3 × 51.5 cm (7 9/16 × 20 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Courtesan

1794 · color woodblock print

Sheet: 38.6 x 26.6 cm (15 3/16 x 10 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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9 published of 9 catalogued · 9 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Courtesan
1794 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Courtesan Emon of Maruebiya with a View of Tago Bay (form the series Courtesans with a Playful Group of Eight Views)
1827 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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