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Passionate Customer Service Museum Quality Art Prints Customization Options AvailableUtagawa Kuniyoshis born as Igusa Magosaburo was the son of a silk dyer. Noble thread and iridescent colors surrounded Utagawa from early childhood on and his first artistic attempts were painted kimonos. Born and raised in Edo, today's Tokyo, the young artist had contacts to the artistic scene of the ukiyo-e movement. Already during his apprenticeship Utagawa made woodblock prints, which received great recognition. Portraits of actors, book illustrations and a series of sights of his hometown belong to his early works.
Kuniyoshi, as he was called after he had completed his training, made only a small number of landscape paintings. Unusual for Japanese artists, Utagawa placed fighting samurai and figures from mythology at the center of his motifs. Even in one of his most famous paintings, "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of Chinese History", the elements of battle and fantasy are found.
The generation of artists of the 19th century was characterized by cultural exchange with Europe. While the European eye became accustomed to the forms of Japanese woodblock printing, Asian artists increasingly adopted the laws of perspective. "Kakinomoto Hitomaro" clearly shows an intensely colored foreground and a fading, bright landscape in the background. The interplay of light and shadow found its way into the printing technique. Together with the artist Kobayashi Kiyochika, Kuniyoshi coined the term k?sen-ga or "pictures of sunbeams".
Utagawa Kuniyoshis born as Igusa Magosaburo was the son of a silk dyer. Noble thread and iridescent colors surrounded Utagawa from early childhood on and his first artistic attempts were painted kimonos. Born and raised in Edo, today's Tokyo, the young artist had contacts to the artistic scene of the ukiyo-e movement. Already during his apprenticeship Utagawa made woodblock prints, which received great recognition. Portraits of actors, book illustrations and a series of sights of his hometown belong to his early works.
Kuniyoshi, as he was called after he had completed his training, made only a small number of landscape paintings. Unusual for Japanese artists, Utagawa placed fighting samurai and figures from mythology at the center of his motifs. Even in one of his most famous paintings, "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of Chinese History", the elements of battle and fantasy are found.
The generation of artists of the 19th century was characterized by cultural exchange with Europe. While the European eye became accustomed to the forms of Japanese woodblock printing, Asian artists increasingly adopted the laws of perspective. "Kakinomoto Hitomaro" clearly shows an intensely colored foreground and a fading, bright landscape in the background. The interplay of light and shadow found its way into the printing technique. Together with the artist Kobayashi Kiyochika, Kuniyoshi coined the term k?sen-ga or "pictures of sunbeams".
.jpg "Landscapes and Beauties - Feeling Like Reading the Next Volume by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "The Death of Tomomori at the Battle of Dan-no-Ura, 1185 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-78474).jpg "Sakuri Takichi Kiyokazu While Delivering a Blow with His Naginata by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Japanese Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-297073).jpg "Mongaku Shonin under the Waterfall (vertical triptych) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Be Patient, 1843-1847 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Miyamoto Musashi Kills an Enormous Whale, c.1847 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "The Battle of Dan-no-ura by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "55 Cats Representing the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Oyataro Mitsukuni Defying the Skeleton Spectre Conjured up by Princess Takiyasha, 1844-1845 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-105156).jpg "Sanada Yoichi Yoshitada, Dressed for the Hunt with a Bow in Hand by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "The Earth Spider Generates Monsters at the Mansion of Lord Minamoto Yorimitsu, 1843 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1033870).jpg "Mongaku Shonin under the Waterfall (Bottom) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Miyamoto no Musashi Attacking the Giant Whale by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-72460).jpg "Yoshitsune with Benkei and Other Retainers in their Ship Beset by the Ghosts of Taira by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Morozumi Bungo no kami Masakiyo by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 hero of the Suikoden (Water Margin) - (MeisterDrucke-543462).jpg "Kinhyōshi Yōrin (Yang Lin), Hero of the Suikoden (Water Margin). 1 Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-647232).jpg "Ueshima Monya, 1847 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Dragon Palace Dragon King Presents Three Gifts to Tawara Tōda Hidesato by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Rori Hakucho Chojun from the series 108 Heroes of the Novel Shui Hu Chuan by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-177580).jpg "Kamada Matahachi, Edo Period by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-176945).jpg "Keyamura Rokusuke, Edo period, c.1836 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Iwanuma Kichirokurō Nobusato Series: One of the Eight Hundred Heroes of the Water Margin of Our Country (Honchō Suikoden gōketsu happyakunin no hitori), c.1836 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Yoshitsune Minamoto attacked by the spectra of the killed enemies. Painting by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, early 19th century by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Amakasu Omi no Kami. The Battle of Kawanakajima, ca 1844 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1011358).jpg "Mongaku Shonin under the Waterfall (Middle) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Famous Places at the Third of the Fifty-Three Stations along the Tokaido, Edo period by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Masakiyo blown up by a Land Mine at Kawanakajima, c.1848 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-984601).jpg "Mongaku Shonin under the Waterfall (Top) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Suetsumuhana: Mukan-no-tayu Atsumori, from the series")
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.jpg "Nichiren in Snow at Tsukahara, Sodo Province by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Priest Nichiren in Exile on Sado Island by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-647234).jpg "No. 12 Sasai Kyuzo Masayasu by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Son of Masakado by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_(colour_-_(MeisterDrucke-984612).jpg "Nichiren in the Snow at Tsukahara on Sado Island by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Sasai Kyuzo Masayasu by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Fishing for Bonito in Sagami Province, from the series Auspicious Desires on Land and Sea by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 (see also 100501) - (MeisterDrucke-110390).jpg "Kintoki Swims up the Waterfall by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Tamatori-hime Stealing the Sacred Jewel from the Dragon Palace by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_Being_attacked_by_octopus_while_grabbing_sacred_jewe_-_(MeisterDrucke-1102189).jpg "Tamatori (female ama diver), Being attacked by octopus while grabbing sacred jewel by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Tamatori-hime Stealing the Sacred Jewel from the Dragon Palace by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_from_the_series_Twenty-four_Paragons_of_Filial_Piety_in_China_(Mo_-_(MeisterDrucke-1281499).jpg "Wang Pu (O ho), from the series \"Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety in China\" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Yu Kinro_, c. 1847 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Moral Teaching for Shopboys, Giving Good and Bad Examples of Behaviour by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_Ukiyo-e_Utagawa_Kuniyoshi_(1797-1861)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1103699).jpg "Japan, Edo period (1603-1868), Ukiyo-e by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_from_the_series_One_Hundred_and_Eight_Heroes_of_-_(MeisterDrucke-1281257).jpg "Wu Song, from the series")
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.jpg "Octopus and Shell by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_from_the_ser_-_(MeisterDrucke-1296723).jpg "Lu Zhishen, Originally Named Lu Da, from the series")
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.jpg "Scene from a Ghost Story: The Okazaki Cat Demon, ca. 1850 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Oniwaka-maru About to Attack the Monstrous Carp by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Princess Takiyasha Calling up a Monstrous Skeleton Specter at the Old Palace in Sōma, c.1845-46 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Otsu-e Paintings Coming Alive Triptych, c.1847-52 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Plum Blossoms in the Evening Snow, 1847-1852 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "One of the 108 Heroes of the Popular Water Margin, c.1828-29 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 Tsurugizan Taniemon (centre right) with referee - (MeisterDrucke-20632).jpg "The Sumo Wrestlers Shiranui Dakuemon and Tsurugizan Taniemon with Referee by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Miyamoto Musashi Series: Untitled series of warrior prints published by Kawaguchi, c.1827-27 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "The Rock Settling a Religious Dispute at Omuro Mountain on the Twenty-eighth Day of the Fifth Month of 1274, from the Series A Short Pictorial Biography of the Founder of the Nichiren Sect, c.1935 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "The Earth Spider Conjures up Demons at the Mansion of Minamoto Raiko by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-205174).jpg "The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Matsuwakamaru, Edo period, 1847 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "One Hundred Poets, One Verse Each: Gonchanugon Sadayori, Edo period, c.1840-42 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-212751).jpg "Girl Washing a Patterned Cloth by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "No. 48 Saito Toshimoto Nyudo Ryuhon by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Sheet from a Colour Woodblock Print Triptych, Entitled Death of Yamamoto Kansuke at the Battle of Kawanakajima by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_Series_Pictures_of_the_Eight_Trigrams_in_Chinese_Divinatio_-_(MeisterDrucke-1015654).jpg "Thunder God Series: Pictures of the Eight Trigrams in Chinese Divination by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1405900).jpg "Abridged stories of our countries swordsmen by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Actors in Kanjincho: Ichikawa Kuzo II as Togashi no Saemon, Ichikawa Ebizo V as Musashibo Benkei, Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Minamoto no Yoshitsune by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Recovering the Stolen Jewel from the Palace of the Dragon King, 1853 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_from_the_series_One_Hundred_and_Eight_Heroes_-_(MeisterDrucke-1617222).jpg "Ruan Xiao")
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Nitak_-_(MeisterDrucke-1367112).jpg "Nine Actor Portraits by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_Edo_period_C1835_(col_-_(MeisterDrucke-194313).jpg "The One and Only Eight Dog History of Old Kyokutei (Bakin) Edo period by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Shizuka Gozen, section of a sheet from the series")
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.jpg "Okabe: The Story of the Cat Stone by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Eleventh Act of the")
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_attacked_by_a_snake_on_a_mountain_path_-_(MeisterDrucke-1428503).jpg "Chūsenko Teitokuson attacked by a snake on a mountain path by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Japanese warlord Minamoto no Yoritomo by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Sheet from a Colour Woodblock Print Triptych, Depicting Minamoto no Yorimasa Shooting Down the Nue by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Triptych with the Adventures of Coxinga/ Watonai by Hachiman Taro Yoshiie by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Colour Woodblock Print Triptych, Depicting the Great Swordsman Miyamoto Musashi Attacking a Giant Whale by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Japanese Warlord Minamoto no Yoritomo by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-261184).jpg "Shoki and Demon, Edo period, c.1850 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "The First Warbler, ca. 1845-46 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Tajima Province, from the series \"Modern Scenes of the Provinces in Edo Brocades (Edo nishiki imayo kuni zukushi)\" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_at_the_battle_of_Anegawa_-_(MeisterDrucke-1428496).jpg "The warrior Sasai Kyūzō Masayasu at the battle of Anegawa by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Oe no Chisato, from the series \"One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets\" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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 Edo period 1844-47 (colour woodblock print) - (MeisterDrucke-203015).jpg "Pairings of the Fifty-three Stations along the Tokaido by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Scene from a Ghost Story: The Okazaki Cat Demon by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Washing Hands as a Mitare of Gongsun Sheng by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1363486).jpg "Ukiyo-e Parallels to the Cloudy Chapters of the Genji by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Ro Shungi, Water Margin Hero No. 2 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-976302).jpg "Hakukaja Yōshun and Shinki Gunshi Shubu by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Night Scene Aboard a Pleasure Boat by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Horimoto Gidayu Takatoshi by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Kume Sennin falls into a river at the sight of a bare-breasted woman crouching on a rock, Station 45, published by Hayashi Shoehi by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Sheet from a colour woodblock print triptych, entitled Horyukaku sho no zu depicting a scene from the Hakkenden of Takiwzawa Bakin showing a fight on the temple roof between Inuzuka Shino by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Woman with an Octopus; from the series Five Pictures of Low Tide by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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_c1842_-_(MeisterDrucke-976310).jpg "Cat to Keep Mice Away by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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.jpg "Kinugawa Yoemon, with Poem by Harumichi no Tsuraki, from the series")
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 (woodblock print) - (MeisterDrucke-60134).jpg "Kinki-Myo-Myo (Very, Very Droll) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi")
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