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Utagawa Kunisada

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Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III, 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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Artworks (19)

Banquet of the Next Full Moon at the Chrysanthemum Festival, from the series The Twelve Months (Chōyō nochi no tsuki no en, Jūni tsuki no uchi)

1854 · Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Overall: 14 5/8 x 30 1/8in. (37.1 x 76.5cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Snowy Garden

1854 · Triptych of color woodblock prints, ink and color on paper

Sheet: 35.6 x 75 cm (14 x 29 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Beweegbare erotische prent

1850 · blind-stamped on paper

width: 124 cm, height: 85 cm

Rijksmuseum

Whispered intimacies between lovers awake in bed on nights for end

1849 · color woodcut on paper

width: 166 cm, height: 240 cm

Rijksmuseum

First Bonito of the Year

1844 · color woodblock print

35.3 x 24.2 cm (13 7/8 x 9 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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

1838 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Image: 11 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. (28.9 x 22.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

De erotische weg naar de hoofdstad

1835 · color woodcut on paper, copper powder

height: 89 cm, width: 121 cm

Rijksmuseum

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

1830 · color woodblock print

Overall: 27.4 x 40 cm (10 13/16 x 15 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Woman with a Hand Mirror from the series The Six Tama Rivers of the Floating World

1830 · color woodblock print

Sheet: 37.5 x 25.3 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1830 · Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

8 7/16 x 7 3/8 in. (21.4 x 18.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Fraudulent Murasaki’s Rustic Genji by Ryūtei Tanehiko

1829 · Set of nineteen woodblock-printed booklets; ink on paper, color-printed covers

Each: 6 7/8 × 4 5/8 in. (17.5 × 11.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Futami-ga-ura Rocks at Ise, Land of Dawn

1825 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

H. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm); W. 14 in. (35.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

1823 · color woodblock print

Sheet: 37.5 x 23.2 cm (14 3/4 x 9 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Woman Putting Out a Light (from the series Modern Customs: Frost Beneath the Stars)

1815 · color woodblock print

Sheet: 38.8 x 26.8 cm (15 1/4 x 10 9/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Actor as Tokihira

1815 · Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

7 7/8 x 5 5/16 in. (20 x 13.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

1814 · color woodblock print, with mica

Overall: 38 x 25.9 cm (14 15/16 x 10 3/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Kabuki Actor in a Female Role Standing with a Fan

1800 · Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper

8 1/4 x 7 1/6 in. (21 x 18.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vier seizoenen

1800 · color woodcut on paper

height: 173 cm, width: 83 cm, width: 592 cm, height: 120 cm

Rijksmuseum

Waaierblad met vliegende Koekoek

1796 · brush on watercolor (paint), Japanese paper

width: 502 cm, height: 182 cm

Rijksmuseum

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Waaierblad met vliegende Koekoek
1796 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Vier seizoenen
1800 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Whispered intimacies between lovers awake in bed on nights for end
1849 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Beweegbare erotische prent
1850 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Abalone Divers off the Coast of Ise, from an Untitled Landscape Series
1830 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Woman with a Hand Mirror from the series The Six Tama Rivers of the Floating World
1830 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kan Shojo in the Mt. Tenpai Scene, from the series Famous Kabuki Plays
1814 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Woman Putting Out a Light (from the series Modern Customs: Frost Beneath the Stars)
1815 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Woman Leaving a Bath House (from the series Pictures from Otsu)
1823 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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First Bonito of the Year
1844 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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