ArtistsUtagawa Toyokuni
Utagawa Toyokuni

Utagawa Toyokuni

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Ancestral Sources of Modern Painting
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1941
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Utagawa Toyokuni , also often referred to as Toyokuni I, to distinguish him from the members of his school who took over his gō (art-name) after he died, was a great master of ukiyo-e, known in particular for his kabuki actor prints. He was the second head of the renowned Utagawa school of Japanese woodblock artists, and was the artist who elevated it to the position of great fame and power it occupied for the rest of the nineteenth century.

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

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Utagawa Toyokuni (Wikipedia)
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The Fifth Month, a Set of Three (Gogatsu sambukutsui), from the series "Twelve Months by the Twin Brushes of Toyohiro and Toyokuni (Toyohiro Toyokuni ryoga juni ko)" (Art Institute of Chicago)
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