Kunisada Utagawa (1786 – 1865) – Actors – Woodblock Prints (Sold)
Kunisada Utagawa – Actor with a hat
Japanese Woodblocks
Two 19th Century Japanese woodblock prints by Kunisada Utagawa (1786 – 1865). Signed “Toyokuni ga”
Actor with a Hat
Actor with a Fan
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1786-1865
Also known as: Toyokuni III or Utagawa Toyokuni III
Kunisada Utagawa was one of the most popular, prolific and commercially successful designer of Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e) in the Edo period. As a young man in Edo, he became an apprentice to Toyokuni, the great master of the Utagawa school, and followed in his footsteps as a producer of Kabuki and actor prints, celebrating known theatrical and demi-monde personalities of the period. A well-known trendsetter in his time, he was constantly in the vanguard of fashion, and his style evolved again and again over his lifetime.
