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C1852
Sono Kocho Botan Hana-busa. (In the Peony Garden)
Artist:
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786 - 1864)
Stunning tryptch (3 sheets) by Kunisada (Toyokunii III) woodblock of three beautiful ladies (Bijin) seated by a lake surrounded by Peonies in bloom.
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Full Title:
Sono Kocho Botan Hana-busa. (In the Peony Garden)
Date:
C1852
Artist:
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786 - 1864)
Condition:
Slight marking to centre panel in sky, otherwise in good condition, three sheets joined.
Technique:
Woodblock.
Image Size:
740mm
x 360mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1852
Description:
Stunning tryptch (3 sheets) by Kunisada (Toyokunii III) woodblock of three beautiful ladies (Bijin) seated by a lake surrounded by Peonies in bloom.
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 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 signedToyokuni II he is known as Toyokuni III.
