Kuniyasu
Kuniyasu was a Japanese painter, artist and xylographer (1794–1832). He was born at Japan.
Also recorded as Yasujiro; Ipposai; Utagawa Yasugoro; Utagawa Kuniyasu; Kuniyasu Utagawa.
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Formation and teaching
He trained under Utagawa Toyokuni I.
As a teacher, Kuniyasu is recorded in connection with Utagawa Yasukiyo, Utagawa Yasushige, Utagawa Yasutsune, Utagawa Yasuharu and Yasuhide Utagawa. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
Works and catalogued output
What Kuniyasu produced.
The Courtesan Emon of Maruebiya with a View of Tago Bay (form the series Courtesans with a Playful Group of Eight Views) is dated c. late 1820s or early 1830s and held by The Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 1940.1018). Beauty representing autumn, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons is dated c. 1818/30 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1939.1054). Actors out on a summer's evening, enjoying the fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge. Colour woodcut by Kuniyasu, late 1810's. is dated [late 1810's] and held by Wellcome Collection. Young Woman Leaning over a Tall Lamp is catalogued and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory JP1833). Album painting in fan shape is dated 1800 and held by Seattle Art Museum (inventory 92.47.323.6). The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues 1 work under this heading.
The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 6 works under this heading. The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogues 2 works under this heading. Wikidata Query Service catalogues 5 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 2 works under this heading.
Context
The circumstances in which Kuniyasu stands.
Beauty representing winter, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons is dated c. 1818/30 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1939.1053). Actors out on a summer's evening, enjoying the fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge. Colour woodcut by Kuniyasu, late 1810s. is dated [late 1810s] and held by Wellcome Collection. Woman holding puppet of actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Karigane Bunshichi is dated c. 1820s and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1926.766). Woman holding puppet of actor Onoe Kikugoro III as Gokuin Sen'emon is dated c. 1820s and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1926.767). Portrait of the Kabuki Actor, Seigawa Kikunojo, in the Role of a Courtesan is catalogued and held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art (inventory 1992.405). A New Volume of the Golden Jar and the First Plum Blossom is dated 1831 and held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art (inventory 1991.001).
Three Kabuki Actors Playing Hanetsuki is dated 1823 and held by Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 2001.715.4a–c). Netsuke of Rats on a Box is dated 18th-19th century and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1931.848). Segawa Roko as a courtesan is dated Unknown and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1968.385). The Sumo Wrestler Ozora is dated 1820 and held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art (inventory 1972.029). Courtesan is dated 1794–1834 and held by The Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 1916.1165). The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 2 objects associated with this heading.
Seattle Art Museum records 1 object associated with this heading.
Holdings and surviving copies
Where material relating to Kuniyasu is held.
Studies on Morphology and Cytochemistry in Blood Cells of Ayu Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis. (2014) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Genetics and Biomarkers of Moyamoya Disease: Significance of RNF213 as a Susceptibility Gene. (2014) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Phytophagous scarabaeid diversity in swidden cultivation landscapes in Sarawak, Malaysia (2011) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Bat diversity in the vegetation mosaic around a lowland dipterocarp forest of Borneo (2009) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Kinetic theory for dilute cohesive granular gases with a square well potential (2015) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. A Master equation for force distributions in polydisperse frictional particles (2015) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
Simulation of depositions of a Lennard-Jones cluster on a crystalline surface (2009) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Diagnostic markers of urothelial cancer based on DNA methylation analysis. (2013) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Elastic Moduli and Vibrational Modes in Jammed Particulate Packings (2016) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Bunsha : what good is a stuffed tiger? = Company division (1992) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. TERRESTRIAL PROSTIGMATIC MITES FROM JAPAN (I) (1963) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Young Woman Leaning over a Tall Lamp is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
The Art Institute of Chicago records 8 objects associated with this heading. The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 2 objects associated with this name. The Cleveland Museum of Art records 2 objects associated with this heading. Wellcome Collection records 2 objects associated with this heading.
Catalogued works
14 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago and The Cleveland Museum of Art. Their recorded dates run from 1794 to 1831.
Album painting in fan shape, dated 1800, held by Seattle Art Museum, inventory 92.47.323.6. Three Kabuki Actors Playing Hanetsuki, dated 1823, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2001.715.4a–c. A New Volume of the Golden Jar and the First Plum Blossom, dated 1831, held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art, inventory 1991.001. Portrait of the Kabuki Actor, Seigawa Kikunojo, in the Role of a Courtesan, held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art, inventory 1992.405. The Sumo Wrestler Ozora, dated 1820, held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art, inventory 1972.029. Young Woman Leaning over a Tall Lamp, monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory JP1833. Beauty representing autumn, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons, dated c. 1818/30, color woodblock print; oban, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1939.1054. Beauty representing winter, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons, dated c. 1818/30, color woodblock print; oban, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1939.1053. Woman holding puppet of actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Karigane Bunshichi, dated c. 1820s, color woodblock print; sheet from oban pentaptych (another sheet: 1926.767), held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1926.766. Woman holding puppet of actor Onoe Kikugoro III as Gokuin Sen'emon, dated c. 1820s, color woodblock print; sheet from oban pentaptych (another sheet: 1926.766), held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1926.767. Netsuke of Rats on a Box, dated 18th-19th century, wood, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1931.848. Segawa Roko as a courtesan, dated Unknown, color woodblock print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1968.385. The Courtesan Emon of Maruebiya with a View of Tago Bay (form the series Courtesans with a Playful Group of Eight Views), dated c. late 1820s or early 1830s, color woodblock print, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1940.1018. Courtesan, dated 1794–1834, color woodblock print, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1916.1165.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 6 named public collections.
Vanderbilt Museum of Art: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Seattle Art Museum: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 8 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Cleveland Museum of Art: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 8 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 9 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 9 means 9 genuinely separate publishers of record. 10 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
training under Utagawa Toyokuni I is recorded. Utagawa Yasukiyo, Utagawa Yasushige and Utagawa Yasutsune are recorded as having studied under Kuniyasu.
The field of work recorded is erotic art.
Work by Kuniyasu is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museo del Prado, Art Institute of Chicago, Auckland Art Gallery and Finnish National Gallery.
Chronology
- 1794Kuniyasu born at Japan.
- 1794Kuniyasu was born in 1794 at Japan.
- 1794Courtesan is dated 1794–1834 and held by The Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 1916.1165).
- 1800Album painting in fan shape is dated 1800 and held by Seattle Art Museum (inventory 92.47.323.6).
- 1800Album painting in fan shape (Seattle Art Museum).
- 1810Actors out on a summer's evening, enjoying the fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge. Colour woodcut by Kuniyasu, late 1810's. is dated [late 1810's] and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1818Beauty representing autumn, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons is dated c. 1818/30 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1939.1054).
- 1818Beauty representing winter, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons is dated c. 1818/30 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1939.1053).
- 1820The Sumo Wrestler Ozora is dated 1820 and held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art (inventory 1972.029).
- 1820The Sumo Wrestler Ozora (Vanderbilt Museum of Art).
- 1823Three Kabuki Actors Playing Hanetsuki is dated 1823 and held by Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 2001.715.4a–c).
- 1823Three Kabuki Actors Playing Hanetsuki (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
- 1831A New Volume of the Golden Jar and the First Plum Blossom is dated 1831 and held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art (inventory 1991.001).
- 1831A New Volume of the Golden Jar and the First Plum Blossom (Vanderbilt Museum of Art).
- 1832Kuniyasu died.
- 1832Kuniyasu died in 1832.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Directory of Open Access Journals lists 174 articles naming Kuniyasu.
open access index · Unverified
Consult the source - 2.
Gemeinsame Normdatei 122491189X, Katō, Kuniyasu.
authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Consult the source - 3.
Getty Union List of Artist Names 500334453, Kuniyasu.
authority file · Unverified · The Getty Research Institute
Consult the source - 4.
Internet Archive, 40 digitised items catalogued under Kuniyasu as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 5.
The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Kuniyasu.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
Consult the source - 6.
The Cleveland Museum of Art, open access collection records associated with Kuniyasu.
museum collection · Unverified · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Consult the source - 7.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Kuniyasu (2 objects).
museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Consult the source - 8.
Wellcome Collection catalogue records 2 works naming Kuniyasu.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
Consult the source - 9.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q11545119: Kuniyasu
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
Consult the source - 10.
“Kuniyasu”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Consult the source
Plates
Each plate is reproduced under the terms the holding register itself publishes, with its creator and licence named.

Kuniyasu, from the Wikimedia Commons record.
Utagawa Kuniyasu · Catalog Photo · Public domain
The picture record
Title: Bandō Mitsugorō no satsuma nokami tadanori Abstract/medium: 1 print : woodcut, color ; 38.1 x 24.8 cm.
Utagawa, Kuniyasu, 1794-1832, artist · Library of Congress Catalog: https://lccn.loc.gov/2009615241 Image download: https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/jpd/00200/00251v.jpg Original url: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2009615241/ · Public domain
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