Kuniyoshi Project

An educational website devoted to the ukiyo-e artist, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861)

I have been collecting images of ukiyo-e prints, mostly from the internet, since 1996 and would like to share these images with all who are interested. This web site is modeled after Horst Graebner’s Kunisada Project and will be gradually expanded with the goal of becoming a catalogue raisonné of Kuniyoshi’s woodblock prints.

Please follow these links to view prints and descriptions:

Individual prints of warriors and historical figures

Warrior triptychs and diptychs Two additional editions of T128 added 6/10/09

Actor prints

Animal and plant prints

Children

Chûshingura prints (Forty-seven rônin)

Comic and miscellaneous prints Individual prints and series added 6/10/09

Paragons of filial piety

Sumô wrestler prints

Surimono

Women

Additional features and links:

Alphabetical list of Kuniyoshi’s print series

Alphabetical list of Kuniyoshi’s warrior triptychs and diptychs

Bibliography on Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Biography of Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Index of characters portrayed in Kuniyoshi’s warrior prints

Glossary of ukiyo-e terms

Guide to the ukiyo-e sites on the internet (Hans Olof Johansson’s website)

Kuniyoshi’s signatures

Kuniyoshi’s warrior triptychs and diptychs arranged by publishers

Links to other sites on the internet with series of Kuniyoshi’s prints

Viewing Japanese Prints (John Fiorillo’s website)

Seals of Japanese print publishers

Kuniyoshi in ArtCyclopedia

Please enjoy the site and help me to complete the series with missing prints and information. Please send missing (or better) images or information to KuniyoshiProject@earthlink.net. I would also appreciate suggestions and feedback, as well as reports of “typos” and “bugs”.

KuniyoshiProject.com