Utagawa Yoshitsuya
Illustration — Signatures of Utagawa Yoshitsuya, both reading “Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga” (一英斎 芳艶 画) Utagawa February 22, 1822 – August 2, 1866, also known as Kōko Yoshitsuya (甲胡 芳艶) and as Ichieisai Yoshitsuya (一英斎 芳艶), was a Japanese designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Yoshitsuya was a student of Utagawa Kuniyoshi and, like his teacher, is best known for his woodblock prints of warriors. Yoshitsuya also produced many advertisements and designs for tattoos.
Also recorded as Ichieisai Yoshitsuya I · Yoshitsuya · Kōko Yoshitsuya · Utagawa Yoshitoyo
Utagawa Yoshitsuya
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- 1822
- Died
- 1866
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- Japan
- Occupation
- artist · painter · printmaker
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Illustration — Signatures of Utagawa Yoshitsuya, both reading “Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga” (一英斎 芳艶 画) Utagawa February 22, 1822 – August 2, 1866, also known as Kōko Yoshitsuya (甲胡 芳艶) and as Ichieisai Yoshitsuya (一英斎 芳艶), was a Japanese designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Yoshitsuya was a student of Utagawa Kuniyoshi and, like his teacher, is best known for his woodblock prints of warriors. Yoshitsuya also produced many advertisements and designs for tattoos.
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Utagawa Yoshitsuya (1822–1866) was a Japanese artist, painter and printmaker. Works by the artist are held at Ashmolean Museum, Auckland Art Gallery and Library of Congress, among others.
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Yoshitsuya entered Kuniyoshi's studio at the age of fifteen and, like his teacher, is best known for his woodblock prints of warriors (musha-e). He was also known for his tattoo designs during the 1840s and 1850s, and for prints of legendary animals used as caricatures of political events to evade censorship. Yoshitsuya also produced many advertisements. Yoshitsuya's students include Utagawa Kazutoyo (active c. 1862–70), Utagawa Yoshitoyo II (active c. 1862–77) and Yoshitsuya II (active c.
• Illustration — Nii no Ama jumped over board with Emperor Antoku after the lost battle of Dan-no-ura. • Illustration — the magician Ryūōmaru encircled by a dragon • Illustration — Battle between Minamoto no Yorimitsu with his men and the robber chief Hakamadare no Mochisuke who is aided by a giant serpent. Triptych. • Illustration — Battle of magic between the bandit chief Hakamadare no Mochisuke who is transformed into a bird of prey and Kidomaru who is transformed into a giant serpent. Triptych. • Illustration — Minamoto no Yorimitsu attempting to exterminate the detached head of Shuten-dōji at Mount Ōe. Triptych. • Illustration — Princess Shiranui fighting the evil Sotoku-in. Triptych from the series Ten Heroes of the Tametomo
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Utagawa Yoshitsuya is recorded as artist, painter and printmaker.
No. 11 from the series One-to-One Combats at the Great Battle of Kawanakajima
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from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road
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1822
Utagawa Yoshitsuya born.
1866
Utagawa Yoshitsuya died.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3178301: Utagawa Yoshitsuya
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- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500783227, Utagawa, Yoshitsuya.
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- 1.Milone, Marco. Ukiyo-e: il periodo classico. L'Erudita. 272. 2022. 9788867707270.
- 2.幽霊・妖怪直撃インタビュー（その13） 首だけ酒呑童子 大野万太郎の博多時間日記♪. Fukuoka City Museum.
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