Pictures of Kuniyoshi
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Kuniyoshi
inserted himself into some of his prints.
Generally as seen from behind, often with his kiri
seal, a cat, and wearing an ornate kimono. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for assisting
with this section. |
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Title: Brave
Kuniyoshi with his Paulownia Design (Isamashiki
Kuniyoshi kiri no tsuimoyô,
勇国芳桐対模様) Description: Procession of
Kuniyoshi and his students in the Sanno Festival
with Kuniyoshi’s paulownia crest is on the higher umbrella Date: 1847-1848
(censors Hama and Kinugasa) Publisher: Ningyô-ya Takichi
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Title: Popular Ôtsu-e
for the Times: A Long-Awaited Rarity (Toki ni au Ôtsu-e
kitai no maremono, 梳行逢都繪代稀物) Description: Kuniyoshi as
the artist Ukiyo Matabei
surrounded by Ôtsu-e characters
with Kuniyoshi’s kiri seal next to him Date: 1847-1848
(censors Hama and Kinugasa) Publisher: Minato-ya Kohei
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Title: The Famous and Unrivalled Hidari
Jingorô (Meiyo migi ni teki
nashi Hidari Jingorô,
名誉右に無敵左り甚五郎) Description: Kuniyoshi as the left-handed sculptor seated on a
cushion decorated with Kuniyoshi’s kiri seal Date: 1847-1850 (censors Mera and Murata) Publisher: Ebisu-ya Shôshichi
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Title: The World of
Yoshi to Exhaustion (Ukiyo yoshi zukushi (浮世与しづ久志) Description: People
engaged in various activities Date: 1846-1848 (censors
Muramatsu and Yoshimura) Publisher: Yamashiro-ya
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Title: Picture of the Stone Shrine Pilgrimage to Ôyama Temple in Sagami Province (Sagami no kuni Ôyama-dera sekison miya asayama zu, 相模国大山寺石尊宮朝山図) Description: Actors and others on a pilgrimage. Kuniyoshi has
an inverted Yoshi (よし) on his back Date: 7th month of 1854 Publisher: Enshû-ya Hikobei
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Kuniyoshi with cats and various accoutrements (including kiseru pipe and chasen
tea whisk) in his hell kimono from the frontispiece of the shunga
album Chinpen shinkeibai
(枕辺深閏梅), 1839 |
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The last bookplate in the second volume of Biographies of
Japanese Eccentrics (Nihon kijin den, 日本奇人伝). Artist: Kuniyoshi Description: Kuniyoshi (國 芳), with a cat
and an ornate kimono, examining a scroll painting. With him are the artists Eisen (英泉) and Toyokuni III (豊國). Text: Hanagasa Bunkyô (花笠文京) Publisher: Yamazaki Seishichi (山崎清七) Date: 1849 |
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Memorial print of Kuniyoshi by his
student Yoshi’iku Date: 1861 Publisher: Hirooka-ya Kôsuke Text: 一勇斎國芳 俗姓井草孫三郎号朝桜楼 法号深修院法山國芳信士文久元辛酉年 三月五日没 寿六十五 浅草八軒寺町大仙寺葬 楼号も手向くによし朝さくら 有人 すり合す袖にも霜の別れかな 魯文 摘ためた袖にしほるゝ土筆かな 玄魚 |
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Memorial print (shini-e) of Utagawa Kuniyoshi, holding
pipe and cat netsuke, accompanied by his student Yoshifusa. Signature: Remembered with tears, Ichigeisai
Yoshitomi ga (Namida shinobi de Ichigeisai Yoshitomi ga, 涙偲びで一芸斎芳富) Publisher: Shinagawa-ya Kyûsuke Date: 3rd month of 1861 Text: 文久元年酉三月四日没一勇斎國芳行年六十五才法名深修院法山信士, 万延元年申六月十日一寶斎芳房行年二十四才法名釈速入信士 |
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Bookplates from Kyosai’s
Talks on Painting (Kyosai gadan, 暁斎画談), Volume III. Artist: Kawanabe Kyosai Description: The young Kyosai receiving instruction from the master in
Kuniyoshi’s studio Publisher: Iwamoto Shun Date: 1887 |
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Artist: Yoshitoshi Description: Portrait of
Kuniyoshi for the 13th anniversary of his death with cat and hell kimono Date: 1874 |
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Artist: Unsigned Description: Shini-e
(memorial picture) of Ichikawa Ebizô V surrounded
by mourning actors, artists and writers.
Ebizô’s pose is traditionally associated
with the dying Buddha. Date: 1859 Size: Ôban
diptych, about 14 by 20 inches (36 by 50 centimeters) NOTE: Kuniyoshi and
Kunisada (Toyokuni III) are pictured in the right
lower corner. Their names are written
in hiragana and hentaigana, and their crests are on their
backs.
I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
image and information. |
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