Utagawa Yoshitsuya

Utagawa Yoshitsuya was a Japanese artist, painter and printmaker (1822–1866).

Also recorded as Ichieisai Yoshitsuya I; Yoshitsuya; Kōko Yoshitsuya; Utagawa Yoshitoyo; Yoshitoyo Utagawa; Yoshitoyo.

Utagawa Yoshitsuya in brief

Born
1822
Died
1866
Known for
artist, painter and printmaker
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Recognition and collections

Work by Utagawa Yoshitsuya is held by National Gallery of Victoria, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Auckland Art Gallery and Ashmolean Museum.

Catalogued works

5 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1847 to 1863.

Kintarō grappling with a snake, dated 1855, held by Ashmolean Museum, inventory EA1971.220. Foreigner Walking with a Pygmy Family, dated 5th month, 1863, woodblock print; ink and color on paper, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2007.49.255. Kabuki actors play as Ōashibara Ueno no kami Masahira, Tokiwa Mikuriya Bettō Tsuneaki, Tairano Shinnō Masakado, Musashi Gorō Takeshiba, dated mid-19th century, woodblock print; ink and color on paper, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory JP1093.3. The Great Battle at Horikawa, dated 1847–52, triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory JP1115.13a–c. Minamoto Yorimitsu in Mount Ashigara (Minomoto Yorimitsu Ashigarayama iri no zu), dated 1861, color woodblock print; oban triptych, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1995.206.42.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.

Ashmolean Museum: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Digitised editions and texts

3 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

川中島大合戦組討尽 小山田兵部尉 長尾備中守 (Oyamada Hyoue no zyou versus Nagao Bichu no kami (1857) — Internet Archive. Foreigner Walking with a Pygmy Family (1863) — Internet Archive. Album of Fifteen Triptychs of Famous Battlescenes — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 9 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 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1822Utagawa Yoshitsuya born.
  2. 1847The Great Battle at Horikawa (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  3. 1855Kintarō grappling with a snake (Ashmolean Museum).
  4. 1857川中島大合戦組討尽 小山田兵部尉 長尾備中守 (Oyamada Hyoue no zyou versus Nagao Bichu no kami digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1861Minamoto Yorimitsu in Mount Ashigara (Minomoto Yorimitsu Ashigarayama iri no zu) (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  6. 1863Foreigner Walking with a Pygmy Family (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  7. 1863Foreigner Walking with a Pygmy Family digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1866Utagawa Yoshitsuya died.

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. 1.

    Getty Union List of Artist Names 500783227, Utagawa, Yoshitsuya.

    authority file · Unverified · The Getty Research Institute

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  2. 2.

    Internet Archive, 3 digitised items catalogued under Utagawa Yoshitsuya as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  3. 3.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Utagawa Yoshitsuya.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  4. 4.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Utagawa Yoshitsuya (6 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  5. 5.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q3178301: Utagawa Yoshitsuya

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  6. 6.

    “Utagawa Yoshitsuya”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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Elsewhere in Prints

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