TYPE: Print Book (Set)
DIMENSIONS: 5 X 7 inches (closed)
COMPONENTS: 6 volumes bound as one; 126 pages of woodblock prints, including 6 in full color
CONDITION: Original covers, contents complet
ITEM ID: 1141
Toyokuni Woodblock Print Book Set
DATE
Year: 1847
Decade: 1840s
Century: 19th (1801-1900)
Notes: Koka 4
Original Japanese woodblock print book set by Toyokuni
ARTISTS
Name: Utagawa Toyokuni
Type: Artist
Artist Information: Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese: 歌川豊国; 1769 in Edo – 24 February 1825 in Edo), also often referred to as Toyokuni I, to distinguish him from the members of his school who took over his gō (art-name) after he died, was a great master of ukiyo-e, known in particular for his kabuki actor prints.
He was the second head of the renowned Utagawa school of Japanese woodblock artists, and was the artist who elevated it to the position of great fame and power it occupied for the rest of the nineteenth century. His gō, "Toyokuni", was initially used after his death by his son-in-law, Toyoshige, who is therefore known to us as Toyokuni II.
Thereafter, it was handed down and used by each head of the Utagawa school in turn. Kunisada is thus also known as Toyokuni III.
Asia/Africa
This collection houses art and artifacts from China, Ethiopia, India and Japan.
