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Utagawa Kunitsuru
Utagawa Kunitsuru
Performance with Spinning Tops by Takezawa Toji at Hirokoji in Nishi Ryogoku from the Beginning of the 2nd Month
Utagawa Kunitsuru
Shellcraft (Kai saiku) on Display in the Precincts of Asakusa Kannon
Utagawa Kunitsuru
Performance with Spinning Tops by Takezawa Toji at Hirokoji in Nishi Ryogoku from the Beginning of the 2nd Month
Utagawa Kunitsuru
Exhibition of Figures Made from Whalebone at Asakusa Kannon
Utagawa Kunitsuru
Dolls with a Hundred Faces from Osaka (Osaka kudari hyaku menso) Displayed on the Grounds of the Eko-in Temple in Honjo
Utagawa Kunitsuru
The Acrobatic Troupe of Tetsuwari Yakichi and Tetsuwari Otokichi
Utagawa Kunitsuru
Lifesized Dolls (Iki ningyo) on exhibit at the Eko-in in Ryogoku
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Pilgrims on Mount Fuji (Fujisan shonin sankei no zu)
Utagawa Kunitsuru
Lifesized Dolls (Iki ningyo) of Shinto Confucian and Buddhist Figures on Exhibit at the Hachiman Shrine in Fukagawa
Utagawa Kunitsuru
Lamp-wick Craft (Hoshin saiku) by Naniwa Shojusai with Dolls by Takeda Nuinosuke at the Eko-in in Ryogoku from the last Part of the 5th Month
Kunitsuru Utagawa (Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 4th year of culture <1807> --March 19, 1878>) is an ukiyo-e artist from the late Edo period to the early Meiji period.
Kunitsuru is another person who is the nephew of the second generation Utagawa Toyokuni and is called the fourth generation Utagawa Toyokuni. A different person from the 4th generation Utagawa Kunisada who called himself Kochoro and Ichiyosai.
The second generation Utagawa Toyokuni's student and nephew.
His real surname is Wada and his first name is Yasugoro. The surname of Utagawa is called Ichijusai and Ichiyusai, and it is also called the second generation Toyoshige. Born in Tsukiji, Edo, he has lived in Osaka since 1837. Around 1855, he returned to Edo and lived in Tozawa Nagaya in Hanakawado, Asakusa. Around this time, he received the treatment of Shinmon Tatsugoro. Encountered a major earthquake in the second year of Ansei, and later moved to Shitaya Kotokuji Yokocho. After the 6th year of Ansei (1859), he moved to Yokohama and painted Yokohama-e. First lived in Honmura (now Motomachi) and later on Bashamichi. After the fire in Yokohama, he moved to Okina-cho, a reclaimed land, and opened a picture-souvenir shop in Yoshida-cho, Yokohama in 1877, where he died. 72 years old. The graveyard is Jogyō-in Temple in Zojoji, Shiba, Minato-ku.
The drawing period is from the time of Tenpo to the year of death, and the works include Yokohama-e and Kusazoshi illustrations, actors' drawings, votive undershirt sketches, dedication flat paintings, Jiguchi line lantern paintings, tattoo sketches, and hand-painted ukiyo-e. rice field. The White House Historical Association holds six works by Kunizuru brought back by former President Grant, who came to Japan in June 1879 (Meiji 12).