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C1856
Enjoying Cherry Blossoms on the Sumida River.
Artist:
Utagawa Kunisada I (1786 - 1864)
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Full Title:
Enjoying Cherry Blossoms on the Sumida River.
Date:
C1856
Artist:
Utagawa Kunisada I (1786 - 1864)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Woodblock
Image Size:
760mm
x 360mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1856
Description:
Biography:
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786 – 1864) /or Utagawa Toyokuni III
Toyokuni was the most popular, prolific and financially 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.
In 1844, he adopted the name of his master Toyokuni I, and for a brief time used the signatureKunisada becoming Toyokuni II. From 1844-1845, all of his prints are signedToyokuni. Although Kunisada referred to himself asToyokuni II, he in fact ignored Toyoshige, a pupil and son-in-law of Toyokuni I, who had previously taken the nameToyokuni II, as the legitimate head of the Utagawa school, from 1825 until his own death in 1835. As consequence it is now accepted that in fact Kunisda although his woodblocks are signedToyokuni II he is known as Toyokuni III.
