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C1847
(1852)
Fukiso sono no yuran.(Visiting the Peony Garden)
Artist:
Toyokuni III (1786 - 1864)
Wonderful example of Kunisada’s unique compositions, comprising three ladies and a maid in a garden, surrounded by giant peonies. The garden at the Buddhist temple Eitai-ji in the Fukagawa section of Edo, was famous for its “unlicensed” pleasure district. Its … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Fukiso sono no yuran.(Visiting the Peony Garden)
Date:
C1847
(1852)
Artist:
Toyokuni III (1786 - 1864)
Condition:
Minor creasing otherwise in good condition, three sheets joined.
Technique:
Woodblock.
Image Size:
735mm
x 365mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1852
Description:
Wonderful example of Kunisada’s unique compositions, comprising three ladies and a maid in a garden, surrounded by giant peonies. The garden at the Buddhist temple Eitai-ji in the Fukagawa section of Edo, was famous for its “unlicensed” pleasure district. Its tea houses and restaurants attracted pleasure seekers from all over Japan.
Date : 1847-52 (Koka 4-211Kaei 5)
Biography:
Toyokuni III / Utagawa Kunisada I (1786 – 1864) / 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 signature Kunisada becoming Toyokuni II. From 1844-1845, all of his prints are signed Toyokuni. Although Kunisada referred to himself as Toyokuni II, he in fact ignored Toyoshige, a pupil and son-in-law of Toyokuni I, who had previously taken the name Toyokuni 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 signed Toyokuni II he is known as Toyokuni
