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Utagawa Kunisada, Bun’ya no Asayasu (no. 36), from the series A Pictorial Commentary on One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu eshō: Bun'ya no Asayasu)

Utagawa Kunisada

Japanese · 1786–1865 · Painter, Printmaker

Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist. He is considered the most popular, prolific and commercially successful designer of ukiyo-e… (Wikipedia)

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Record prices

  1. Utagawa Kunisada, EDO PERIOD, comprising fourteen oban tate-e prints and one oban yoko-e printEDO PERIODLyon & Turnbull · £3,500≈ $4,713≈ €4,091Sign up to see
  2. Utagawa Kunisada, Genji Monogatari, 54 coloured woodcuts mounted on paper and bound as a bookletGenji Monogatariim Kinsky · €1,690≈ $1,913≈ £1,427Sign up to see
  3. Utagawa Kunisada, Kabuki Actor Bando Mitsugoro in Boat with Raised Oar, woodblock printKabuki Actor Bando Mitsugoro in Boat with Raised OarRago Auctions · $1,188≈ £864≈ €1,004Sign up to see

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  1. Utagawa Kunisada, Due attori del tetro popolare Kabuki, marchio dell'editore Yamamoto-Ya Heikichi di Yeshi-cho.
    Due attori del tetro popolare Kabuki
    marchio dell'editore Yamamoto-Ya Heikichi di Yeshi-cho.
    Pananti · · Lot 168
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €500–700View at Pananti ↗
  2. Utagawa Kunisada, Woman Holding a Rolled Paper from the Series :32 Aspects of Contemporary Beauties", Color woodcut print, signed by Utagawa Toyokuni, printed date in 1862, publisher: Shorindo
    Woman Holding a Rolled Paper from the Series :32 Aspects of Contemporary Beauties"
    Woodcut / linocut
    13 in. x 9 1/2 in.
    Sloans & Kenyon · · Lot 26
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $250–400View at Sloans & Kenyon ↗
  3. Utagawa Kunisada, Woman Holding a Rolled Paper from the Series :32 Aspects of Contemporary Beauties", Color woodcut print, signed by Utagawa Toyokuni, printed date in 1862, publisher: Shorindo
    Woman Holding a Rolled Paper from the Series :32 Aspects of Contemporary Beauties"
    Woodcut / linocut
    13 in. x 9 1/2 in.
    Sloans & Kenyon · · Lot 51A
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $300–500View at Sloans & Kenyon ↗
  4. Utagawa Kunisada, Geisha, Together with another woodblock print, 20th Century
    Geisha
    Woodcut / linocut
    13 5/8 in. x 9 1/8 in
    Sloans & Kenyon · · Lot 381
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $400–500View at Sloans & Kenyon ↗
  5. Utagawa Kunisada, Horse, Ink and color on paper
    Horse
    Drawing · Paper
    14 in. x 8 7/8 in.
    Sloans & Kenyon · · Lot 61B
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $150–200View at Sloans & Kenyon ↗
  6. Utagawa Kunisada, Scena su due piani, Giappone
    Scena su due piani
    Giappone
    23,5x34,5 cm
    Pananti · · Lot 204
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €200–300View at Pananti ↗
  7. Utagawa Kunisada, Scena su due piani, Giappone
    Scena su due piani
    Giappone
    23,5x34,5 cm
    Pananti · · Lot 204
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €200–300View at Pananti ↗
  8. Utagawa Kunisada, Scena su due piani, Giappone
    Scena su due piani
    Giappone
    23,5x34,5 cm
    Pananti · · Lot 204
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €200–300View at Pananti ↗
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About Utagawa Kunisada

Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist. He is considered the most popular, prolific and commercially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan. In his own time, his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi.

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In museum collections

  • Utagawa Kunisada, Bun’ya no Asayasu (no. 36), from the series A Pictorial Commentary on One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu eshō: Bun'ya no Asayasu)Bun’ya no Asayasu (no. 36), from the series A Pictorial Commentary on One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu eshō: Bun'ya no Asayasu), ca. 1844
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0
  • Utagawa Kunisada, The Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Asahina Tōbei, likened to Lu Zhishen the Tattooed Priest (Kaoshō Rochishin ni hisu), from the “Pine” triptych of the series A Modern Water Margin (Tōsei suikoden)The Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Asahina Tōbei, likened to Lu Zhishen the Tattooed Priest (Kaoshō Rochishin ni hisu), from the “Pine” triptych of the series A Modern Water Margin (Tōsei suikoden), 1854, 7th month)
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0
  • Utagawa Kunisada, A Fraudulent Murasaki’s Rustic Genji by Ryūtei TanehikoA Fraudulent Murasaki’s Rustic Genji by Ryūtei Tanehiko, 1829–42
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0
  • Utagawa Kunisada, Actor as TokihiraActor as Tokihira, probably 1815
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0

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