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Utagawa Kunihisa 歌川国久

Also known as: Utagawa Kunihisa 歌川国久; primary name: Utagawa Kunihisa; go: Ichigyosai; other name: 一斎
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; Japanese; Male
Other dates: 1801-1818 (active)
Biography: Painter. According to one account a female artist, though this may refer to Kunihisa's daughter. Apparently a senior pupil of Utagawa Toyokuni I (q.v.), known by a few colour prints but mainly for a group of accomplished paintings of beauties showing the influence of Toyokuni and Kitagawa Utamaro (q.v.), datable to the Kyowa and Bunka eras. These include several large scrolls such as 'Party of Actors' based on a composition by Toyokuni from 'Yakusha sangai kyo' (1801), and a pair of screens of 'Pleasure-boats in Summer and Snow-viewing in Winter' (Idemitsu Bijutsukan, Tokyo; see Naito Masato, 'Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e', 1988, no. 162).

Museum number: 1926,0210,0.3 |
Producer name: Print artist:Utagawa Kunihisa 歌川国久Published by:Tsuruya Kinsuke (鶴屋金助) |
Cultures/periods: x13719 Bunka Era |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:Edo

Museum number: 1967,1211,0.2 |
Producer name: Print artist:Utagawa Kunihisa 歌川国久Published by:Tsuruya Kinsuke (鶴屋金助) |
Cultures/periods: x13719 Bunka Era |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:Edo

Title: Senju 千住 Edo meisho hyakunin bijo 江戸名所百人美女 |
Museum number: 2018,3021.220 |
Producer name: Print artist:Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞 Toyokuni III)Print artist:Utagawa Kunihisa 歌川国久 |
Cultures/periods: x13602 Ansei Era |
Production date: 1858 |
Production place: Published in:Edo

Title: Imagawabashi 今川橋 Edo meisho hyakunin bijo 江戸名所百人美女 |
Museum number: 2018,3021.221 |
Producer name: Print artist:Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞 Toyokuni III)Print artist:Utagawa Kunihisa 歌川国久 |
Cultures/periods: x13602 Ansei Era |
Production date: 1858 |
Production place: Published in:Edo