{"title":"Kunisada, Utagawa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUtagawa Kunisada (1786–1865)\u003c\/strong\u003e was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist and one of the most prolific designers of colour woodblock prints during the Edo period. Born in Edo, now Tokyo, he entered the workshop of Utagawa Toyokuni I, from whom he learnt the conventions of actor portraits and prints of fashionable women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKunisada began publishing designs in the early nineteenth century. His works include portraits of kabuki performers, scenes of courtesans, illustrations of literary subjects and images of everyday customs. He was particularly successful in portraying theatrical celebrities and the elaborate costumes worn on stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis \u003ca href=\"\/products\/kunisada-utagawa-1786-1865-courtesan-in-a-morning-glory-robe\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCourtesan in a Morning Glory Robe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e reflects the fashion and decorative imagery of the pleasure quarters. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/kunisada-utagawa-1786-1865-winter-from-shiki-no-uchi-c-1835\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinter\u003c\/em\u003e print from \u003cem\u003eShiki no uchi\u003c\/em\u003e (Four Seasons)\u003c\/a\u003e belongs to a series exploring seasonal themes. The National Gallery of Victoria dates its impression of \u003cem\u003eWinter\u003c\/em\u003e to approximately 1830.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKunisada often employed saturated colours, rhythmic outlines and carefully described patterned textiles. He worked with publishers and woodblock cutters whose collective efforts enabled designs to be printed in substantial numbers. His imagery offers detailed evidence of fashion, entertainment and popular culture in nineteenth-century Japan. His contemporary \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hiroshige-ando\"\u003eAndō Hiroshige\u003c\/a\u003e worked in the same ukiyo-e tradition, although he is particularly associated with landscape prints.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1844 he adopted the professional name Toyokuni III, although the numbering of artists using the Toyokuni name has varied in historical accounts. He continued to produce prints into the 1860s and influenced numerous pupils and followers within the Utagawa school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKunisada died in Edo in January 1865. His enormous output and popularity made him a central figure in the commercial woodblock print culture of his time.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"kunisada-utagawa-1786-1865-courtesan-in-a-morning-glory-robe","title":"Kunisada, Utagawa (1786-1865) - Courtesan in a Morning Glory Robe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCourtesan in a Morning Glory Robe\u003c\/em\u003e is a Japanese woodblock print attributed to Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865), also known as Toyokuni III. Its subject combines a fashionable courtesan with the decorative floral motifs characteristic of Edo-period prints. The original production date has not been verified.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download includes 1 JPEG image at 600 dpi, measuring 3568 pixels wide by 5232 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/kunisada-utagawa\"\u003eUtagawa Kunisada\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64396304875850,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Kunisada_Utagawa_1786-1865_-CourtesaninaMorningGloryRobe1910s_main.jpg?v=1794597699"},{"product_id":"kunisada-utagawa-1786-1865-winter-from-shiki-no-uchi-c-1835","title":"Kunisada, Utagawa (1786-1865) - Winter, from Shiki no uchi c.1835","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinter\u003c\/em\u003e, from the series \u003cem\u003eShiki no uchi\u003c\/em\u003e (Four Seasons), is a colour woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865). The print forms part of a series exploring seasonal themes in Japanese life and is represented in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, where it is dated to around 1830.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 JPEG image which is 600 dpi measuring 3717 pixels wide by 5404 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/kunisada-utagawa\"\u003eUtagawa Kunisada\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64396305072458,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Kunisada_Utagawa_1786-1865_-Winter_fromtheseriesShikinouchi_FourSeasons__main.jpg?v=1794597967"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Kunisada_Utagawa_1786-1865.jpg?v=1794598106","url":"https:\/\/www.publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/kunisada-utagawa.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}