Cherry blossoms in the New Yoshiwara

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Cherry blossoms in the New Yoshiwara

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Utagawa Toyokuni (1769–1825), also often referred to as Toyokuni I, to distinguish him from the members of his school who took over his gō (art-name) after he died, was a great master of ukiyo-e, known in particular for his kabuki actor prints (yakusha-e). He was the second head of the renowned Utagawa school of Japanese woodblock artists, and was the artist who really moved it to the position of great fame and power it occupied for the rest of the 19th century. This rare and important print ...

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Date created

1811

Creator

Utagawa Toyokuni I

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https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1528503

Related subjects

Courtesans / Samurai / labourers / Tokyo (Nihon) / Japanese / paper / ink / colour woodcuts / oban / nishiki-e / works on paper / woodcut / Late Edo / Tokyo

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