Utagawa Kunisada was born in 1786 as Sumida Sh?gor? in Honjo, a district of Edo, now Tokyo, as the son of a ferryman who died shortly after Sumida's birth. The inherited ferry business ensured Sh?gor?'s existence regardless of his artistic career. Sh?gor?'s early sketches made an impression on the head of the Utagawa School: Utagawa Toyokuni (1769 - 1825). Around 1800 Sh?gor? was accepted into the Utagawa School by Toyokuni and was given an artist's name by him, which was partly composed of the name of the school and that of his master: Utagawa Kunisada (borrowed from Toyokuni).
With his color woodblock prints, which included large-format prints and book illustrations, Kunisada quickly became the most important artist of the Utagawa school. His first large-format print of 1807 remained an exception for two years. From 1809 onwards, he also produced the prints for which Kunisada became particularly famous: portraits of actors, often in Kabuki costume, and bijingas ("pictures of beautiful women"). Of Kunisada's approximately 20000 color woodblock prints (not counting illustrations for several hundred books), a full 60% are portraits of actors and 15% are bijingas. With his extensive work Kunisada is one of the most productive artists in history. At the same time, he was the trendsetter of his time and had a significant influence on other artists of the Utagawa school.
×
Passionate Customer Service
.jpg "Fudo: Ichikawa Ebizo V as the Mystical Image of Fudo Myoo, Ichikawa Saruzo I as Kongara doji, and Ichikawa Komazo VII as Seitaka doji by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kan Shojo in the Mt. Tenpai Scene, from the series Famous Kabuki Plays by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-308645).jpg "The sumo wrestler Abumatsu Rokunosuke, c.1835 by Utagawa Kunisada")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-308645).jpg)
.jpg "One of eight views of Kanjin Sumo, pub. by Tsutaya, 19th century by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Triptych depicting a prince, princess and court ladies boating on a garden pond under a full moon in June, probably from the")
.jpg)
_Kunisada_-_Two_Women_in_a_Flower_Garden_by_Utagawa_Kunisada_woodcut_crepon_technique_-_(MeisterDrucke-1112446).jpg "Two Women in a Flower Garden by Utagawa Kunisada")
_Kunisada_-_Two_Women_in_a_Flower_Garden_by_Utagawa_Kunisada_woodcut_crepon_technique_-_(MeisterDrucke-1112446).jpg)
 - (MeisterDrucke-566091).jpg "Scene from Omagasaki by Utagawa Kunisada")
 - (MeisterDrucke-566091).jpg)
 - (MeisterDrucke-637464).jpg "Untitled, 1844-1846 by Utagawa Kunisada")
 - (MeisterDrucke-637464).jpg)
.jpg "Bull Lying beneath a Willow Tree by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
_Kunisada_-_Combat_des_lutteurs_de_sumo_Uzugafuchi_et_Washigahama_Estampe_de_Utagawa_Kunisad_-_(MeisterDrucke-962269).jpg "Sumo Wrestling Match between Uzugafuchi and Washigahama by Utagawa Kunisada")
_Kunisada_-_Combat_des_lutteurs_de_sumo_Uzugafuchi_et_Washigahama_Estampe_de_Utagawa_Kunisad_-_(MeisterDrucke-962269).jpg)
.jpg "Butterflies and Peonies by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Night Scene with Girls and Lanterns by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Furuichi in Ise: Dance in the Bizenya Restaurant from the Series \"Famous Restaurants in the Provinces\" by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
 - (MeisterDrucke-178600).jpg "Autumn Maple from the series,")
 - (MeisterDrucke-178600).jpg)
 - (MeisterDrucke-218713).jpg "Sea Dragon by Utagawa Kunisada")
 - (MeisterDrucke-218713).jpg)
 - (MeisterDrucke-64347).jpg "Illustration from")
 - (MeisterDrucke-64347).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1715926).jpg "(Scene from a Kabuki Play of a Yoshitsune Story) by Utagawa Kunisada")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1715926).jpg)
.jpg "Album of Eighty-eight Prints from the series Ogura Imitations of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets by Utagawa Hiroshige")
.jpg)
_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-37732).jpg "Winter, from the series")
_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-37732).jpg)
.jpg "Night Scene with Girls, Animals and Lanterns by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
_Kunisada_-_Ukiyo-e_Print_of_an_Actor_Playing_a_Samurai_by_Kunisada_-_(MeisterDrucke-980074).jpg "Actor Playing a Samurai by Utagawa Kunisada")
_Kunisada_-_Ukiyo-e_Print_of_an_Actor_Playing_a_Samurai_by_Kunisada_-_(MeisterDrucke-980074).jpg)
 - (MeisterDrucke-195551).jpg "The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo VII in a Shibaraku Role, Edo Period, 1833 by Utagawa Kunisada")
 - (MeisterDrucke-195551).jpg)
.jpg "Tokiwa Gozen and Her Children by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Surimono with Ichikawa Danjūrō VII by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Autumn, Hanayashiki: A geisha with a pipe, design for a fan from a set of four illustrating the seasons by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
 - (MeisterDrucke-74018).jpg "The Blood Stained Witch - Figure from Japanese Theatre, 1852 by Utagawa Kunisada")
 - (MeisterDrucke-74018).jpg)
.jpg "The village of Yatsuhashi at Okasaki, from the series")
.jpg)
_Kunisada_-_Shiki_no_Nagame_Maru-ni-I_no_Toshi_Toshi_actor_scene_from_The_Four_Seasons_-_(MeisterDrucke-1103792).jpg "Shiki no Nagame Maru-ni-I no Toshi, Toshi actor, scene from The Four Seasons by Utagawa Kunisada")
_Kunisada_-_Shiki_no_Nagame_Maru-ni-I_no_Toshi_Toshi_actor_scene_from_The_Four_Seasons_-_(MeisterDrucke-1103792).jpg)
.jpg "The Garden Bathtub by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Abalone Divers off the Coast of Ise, from an Untitled Landscape Series by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Eighteen Plays of the Ichikawa Clan: Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as the Medicine Vendor Toraya Tokichi by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "View of Arai by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the Ghost of Koheiji with wai Kumesaburo as O-Tsuka, Wife of Koheiji, Sawamura Tossho II and Kijiro in a Scene from the Play")
.jpg)
.jpg "Boy")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-229811).jpg "Memorial Portrait of Utagawa Hiroshige by Utagawa Kunisada")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-229811).jpg)
.jpg "Kagekiyo: Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Chichibu Shoji Shigetada and Ichikawa Ebizo V as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-945689).jpg "View of Fujisawa by Utagawa Kunisada")
_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-945689).jpg)
.jpg "Courtesan likened to a painting by Moronobu, from the series")
.jpg)
 - (MeisterDrucke-218133).jpg "(Scene of the Kabuki Play Based on the Yaoya Oshichi Story) by Utagawa Kunisada")
 - (MeisterDrucke-218133).jpg)
.jpg "Secret Meeting in the Snow by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-37041).jpg "The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as a Samurai Warrior by Utagawa Kunisada")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-37041).jpg)
.jpg "Moronao, the Villain of")
.jpg)
 and Segawa Kikunojo V as Umeo-maru 1832 (woodblock engraving) - (MeisterDrucke-64709).jpg "Actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kan Shojo (top) and Segawa Kikunojo V as Umeo-maru, 1832 by Utagawa Kunisada")
 and Segawa Kikunojo V as Umeo-maru 1832 (woodblock engraving) - (MeisterDrucke-64709).jpg)
.jpg "Man and Woman, from the Series The Five Chivalrous Dandies by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Ichikawa Danjūrō VII in a Rat Costume, Holding a Magic Scroll by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Twelve Hours of Spring Pleasures: Hour of the Dragon, 19th century by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Woman Putting Out a Light from the Series Modern Customs: Frost Beneath the Stars by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
 - (MeisterDrucke-155100).jpg "The warrior monk Yokogawa Kakuhan, pub. 1830 by Utagawa Kunisada")
 - (MeisterDrucke-155100).jpg)
.jpg "Two Actors from a Kabuki Play by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
_Kunisada_-_Ukiyo-e_Print_of_an_Actor_Playing_a_Samurai_by_Kunisada_-_(MeisterDrucke-935075).jpg "Actor Playing a Samurai by Utagawa Kunisada")
_Kunisada_-_Ukiyo-e_Print_of_an_Actor_Playing_a_Samurai_by_Kunisada_-_(MeisterDrucke-935075).jpg)
.jpg "Woodblock Print -")
.jpg)
_Kunisada_-_Hour_of_dragon_Fifth_to_seventh_hour_of_morning_Ca_1818_Ukiyo-e_art_print_by_Uta_-_(MeisterDrucke-1101820).jpg "Hour of dragon, Fifth to seventh hour of morning, Ca 1818, Ukiyo-e art print by Utagawa Kunisada from The twelve hours in Yoshiwara by Utagawa Kunisada")
_Kunisada_-_Hour_of_dragon_Fifth_to_seventh_hour_of_morning_Ca_1818_Ukiyo-e_art_print_by_Uta_-_(MeisterDrucke-1101820).jpg)
.jpg "The Courtesan Omitsu of the Yamato House by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
 - (MeisterDrucke-264670).jpg "Kabuki Actor, Edo period by Utagawa Kunisada")
 - (MeisterDrucke-264670).jpg)
.jpg "Iwai Kumesaburo II as a Courtesan, c.1830 by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Wind, from the series Bird and Flower, Wind and Moon by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Chokichi, \"the Untamed Horse\" by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
 - (MeisterDrucke-149078).jpg "Woman surrounded by Calligraphy by Utagawa Kunisada")
 - (MeisterDrucke-149078).jpg)
.jpg "Kanjincho: Ichikawa Ebizo V as Musashibo Benkei and Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Togashi Saemon by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Woman Washing Fabric in a Stream by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Miracle at the Yaguchi Ferry by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Actor as Master of Sagamiya by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "One of the Seven Beautiful Courtesans of the Ebiya House, c. 1808-1829 by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Snowy Garden by Utagawa Hiroshige")
.jpg)
 - (MeisterDrucke-166952).jpg "Actor Matsumoto Koshiro V as Noto no Kami, Edo Period, Mid 1830s by Utagawa Kunisada")
 - (MeisterDrucke-166952).jpg)
.jpg "The Sumo Wrestler Hiodoshi Rikiya II by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Poet and butterfly, published by Otaya Takichi by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Celebration for the Turning Color of Maple Leaves, January 1857 by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
_Kunisada_-_Choko_and_Cho-un_fighting_on_hill_ca_1836_by_Kunisada_(1786-1865)_Heroes_of_Popu_-_(MeisterDrucke-1101080).jpg "Choko and Cho-un fighting on hill, ca 1836, by Kunisada, Heroes of Popular History of the Three Kingdoms series, Ukiyo-e, Oban tate-e woodcut, Edo period, Japan by Utagawa Kunisada")
_Kunisada_-_Choko_and_Cho-un_fighting_on_hill_ca_1836_by_Kunisada_(1786-1865)_Heroes_of_Popu_-_(MeisterDrucke-1101080).jpg)
.jpg "From the series \"Famous Actors Past and Present\" by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Poem Illustration from a Series of 36 by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
 - (MeisterDrucke-161785).jpg "Tale of Genji, Country Style, Volume 21, Book 2 by Utagawa Kunisada")
 - (MeisterDrucke-161785).jpg)
.jpg "Actors Nakamura Shikan II as Kumagai Naozane, Ichikawa Ebizo V as Minamoto no Yoshitsune, and Arashi Kanjuro I as Yahei Hyoe Munekiyo by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
_Kunisada_-_Viewing_Maple_Trees_-_(MeisterDrucke-1421789).jpg "Viewing Maple Trees by Utagawa Kunisada")
_Kunisada_-_Viewing_Maple_Trees_-_(MeisterDrucke-1421789).jpg)
_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-984595).jpg "View of Akasaka by Utagawa Kunisada")
_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-984595).jpg)
.jpg "Bando Kamezo as Yokawa Kakuhan in a Scene from Sembonzakura by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "A View of the Large New Room at Sakurai by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
_Kunisada_-_Shiki_no_Nagame_Maru-ni-I_no_Toshi_Toshi_actor_scene_from_The_Four_Seasons_-_(MeisterDrucke-1117377).jpg "Shiki no Nagame Maru-ni-I no Toshi, Toshi actor, scene from The Four Seasons by Utagawa Kunisada")
_Kunisada_-_Shiki_no_Nagame_Maru-ni-I_no_Toshi_Toshi_actor_scene_from_The_Four_Seasons_-_(MeisterDrucke-1117377).jpg)
.jpg "New Year")
.jpg)
.jpg "Woman Putting Out a Light (from the series Modern Customs: Frost Beneath the Stars) by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Print by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
 1863 (colour woodbl - (MeisterDrucke-242912).jpg "Narumi, from the Series")
 1863 (colour woodbl - (MeisterDrucke-242912).jpg)
.jpg "Kabuki Scene at Kumagai")
.jpg)
.jpg "Nakamura Utaemon III as the Monkey Trainer Yojiro (from the series Famous Kabuki Plays) by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Fuwa: Ichikawa Ebizo V as Fuwa Banzaemon and Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Nagoya Sanza by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Woman viewing Cherry Blossoms on the Bank of the Sumida River by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Poet Sosei Hoshi: The actor Matsumoto Koshiro V as Ishikawa Goemon, 1852 by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Print by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Print by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Competition of Contemporary Fashions: Sexy Beauty, 19th century by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Courtesan Shiratama of the Tamaya by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Autumn Moon over Miho by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1011349).jpg "View of Kakegawa by Utagawa Kunisada")
_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1011349).jpg)
_1818_-_(MeisterDrucke-261948).jpg "Woman Wearing Hood with Umbrella by Utagawa Kunisada")
_1818_-_(MeisterDrucke-261948).jpg)
.jpg "The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V as the Deity Fudo Myoo Rescuing Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Honcho-maru Tsunagoro, c.1850 by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
.jpg "Autumn Moon Over Miho by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
 c 1830-1844 - (MeisterDrucke-274998).jpg "Young Girl with Umbrella, c. 1830-1844 by Utagawa Kunisada")
 c 1830-1844 - (MeisterDrucke-274998).jpg)
_Kunisada_-_Close-up_of_a_Kabuki_actor_smoking_a_pipe_-_(MeisterDrucke-1101318).jpg "Close-up of a Kabuki actor smoking a pipe by Utagawa Kunisada")
_Kunisada_-_Close-up_of_a_Kabuki_actor_smoking_a_pipe_-_(MeisterDrucke-1101318).jpg)
.jpg "Kenuki: Ichikawa Ebizo V as Kumedera Danjo by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg)
+43 4257 29415
support@meisterdrucke.com
Mo-Do: 7:00 - 16:00 | Fr: 7:00 - 13:00
