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An educational website devoted to the ukiyo-e artist,
Utagawa
Kuniyoshi (1798-1861)
This site is a catalogue raisonné of the signed
artwork of Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川 国芳). It
contains over 5,000 images, counting multi-sheet compositions as single
images. An undertaking such as this
can never be considered complete, and contributions of images and
information to KuniyoshiProject@earthlink.net
are always welcome.
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Please follow these
links to view Kuniyoshi’s art with descriptions:
Individual prints of warriors and
historical figures Images added 11/14/22
Warrior triptychs and
diptychs T187 added 11/13/22
Acrobats,
top spinners, and magicians Image added 11/27/22
Actor prints Image added
12/2/22
Animal and plant
prints
Children Images added
11/9/22
Chûshingura
prints (Forty-seven rônin)
Comic and miscellaneous
prints Image added 11/29/22
Fan prints
Harimaze
Ken (game
played with the hands)
Komochi-e (trick pictures)
Landscapes
Paintings Images
added 11/22/22
Paragons of filial piety
Pictures of Kuniyoshi
Polyptychs of
four or more sheets Images added 11/16/22 (at
end)
Prince
Genji
Religious prints
Shini-e (memorial prints)
Shunga
(erotic art)
Sugoroku
(a board game) Images added
11/11/22
Sumô wrestler prints
Surimono
Women Images added
11/16/22
Additional features and links:
Alphabetical list of Kuniyoshi’s print
series
Alphabetical
list of Kuniyoshi’s warrior triptychs and diptychs
Warrior-Prints
of Utagawa Kuniyoshi in Czechoslovak Collections by Libuše
Boháčková
Kuniyoshi
in ArtCyclopedia
Bibliography on Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Biography of Utagawa Kuniyoshi
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)
Kabuki actors’ names in English and
Japanese
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
Supplement to Kuniyoshi: The Warrior Prints
Viewing Japanese Prints (John Fiorillo’s website)
Seals of Japanese print
publishers
Tips for the new collector of
Japanese prints
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