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Utagawa Yoshitora Art

Japanese, d. 1880
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active c. 1840-1880) was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints and an illustrator of books and newspapers who was active from about 1840 to about 1880. He was born in Edo (modern Tokyo), but neither his date of birth nor date of death is known. However, he was the oldest pupil of Utagawa Kuniyoshi who excelled in prints of warriors, kabuki actors, beautiful women, and foreigners (Yokohama-e). He may not have seen any of the foreign scenes he depicted. Yoshitora was prolific: he produced over 60 print series and illustrated over 100 books. In 1849 he produced an irreverent print called Dōke musha: Miyo no wakamochi ("Funny Warriors—Our Ruler's New Year's Rice Cakes"), which depicts Oda Nobunaga, Akechi Mitsuhide, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi making mochi rice cakes for the shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu. A poem by Sawaya Kōkichi accompanies it, reading "Kimi ga yo wo tsuki katametari haru no mochi" ("Tamping down the reign firm and solid like spring rice cakes"). Censors interpreted the print as a criticism of authority and had Yoshitora manacled for fifty days. Soon after Yoshitora was expelled from Kuniyoshi's studio, possibly due to the print, but he continued to produce illustrations prolifically. From the 1860s Yoshitora produced Yokohama-e pictures of foreigners amid rapid modernization that came to Japan after the country was opened to trade. He collaborated on a number of landscape series, and in the Meiji period that began in 1868 he also worked in newspapers. The last of his known works appeared in 1882.
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Antique Japanese Yoshitora “47 Ronins” Japan Block Print Calligrphy Edo, 1864
Antique Japanese Yoshitora “47 Ronins” Japan Block Print Calligrphy Edo, 1864

Antique Japanese Yoshitora “47 Ronins” Japan Block Print Calligrphy Edo, 1864

By Utagawa Yoshitora

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

A very nice block print by Yoshitora printed in 1864. 47 Ronins - Okuda Y Yukitaka. Additional information: Material: Paper Region of Origin: Japan Period: 19th century Japan Dynast...

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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Utagawa Yoshitora Art

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Paper

Foreign Soldiers from Five Countries at the Port of Yokohama
Foreign Soldiers from Five Countries at the Port of Yokohama

Foreign Soldiers from Five Countries at the Port of Yokohama

By Utagawa Yoshitora

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Foreign Soldiers from Five Countries at the Port of Yokohama Color woodcut triptych, c. 1860's Signed in the block lower left corner Signed: "Ichimosai Yoshitora ga" Condition: Mounted to a rose colored silk backing (stable) Staining (visible) in the joining of the right and center sheets Colors very slightly faded Image size: 15 3/8 x 31 3/8 inches (triptysch sheets joined to make one print) The 1854 Treaty of Kanagawa opened Japan to the West. Curiosity about the never-before-seen foreigners spurred a market in Yokohama-e (Yokohama prints), named for the area to which foreign dignitaries and merchants were confined. Yoshitora became one of the best known and most active artists of the Yokohama-e school. Utagawa Yoshitora (歌川 芳虎) was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints and an illustrator of books and newspapers who was active from about 1850 to about 1880. He was born in Edo (modern Tokyo), but neither his date of birth nor date of death is known. However, he was the oldest pupil of Utagawa Kuniyoshi who excelled in prints of warriors, kabuki actors, beautiful women, and foreigners (Yokohama-e). He may not have seen any of the foreign scenes he depicted. Yoshitora was prolific: he produced over 60 print series and illustrated over 100 books. In 1849 he produced an irreverent print called Dōke musha: Miyo no wakamochi ("Funny Warriors—Our Ruler's New Year's Rice Cakes"), which depicts Oda Nobunaga, Akechi Mitsuhide, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi...

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Mid-19th Century Utagawa Yoshitora Art

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Woodcut

The Battle of Dan-no-ura in Yashima, Nagato Province in the First Year .....
The Battle of Dan-no-ura in Yashima, Nagato Province in the First Year .....

The Battle of Dan-no-ura in Yashima, Nagato Province in the First Year .....

By Utagawa Yoshitora

Located in Middletown, NY

The Battle of Dan-no-ura in Yashima, Nagato Province in the First Year of the Bunji Era (1185) Tokyo c. 1830 Woodblock print (nishiki-e) with ink and hand-coloring in watercolor on handmade mulberry paper, 14 7/16 x 9 15/16 inches (367 x 252 mm), ōban tate-e, the full sheet. In good condition with some handling creases. Colors are fresh and extremely vibrant. The right panel from the triptych by Yoshitora depicting one of Japan's most storied naval battles. An impression of this work may be found in the permanent collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The great naval battle of Dan-no-ura in 1185 was the final climax in a long series of bitter wars between two powerful families in feudal Japan...

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Early 19th Century Edo Utagawa Yoshitora Art

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Woodcut

Antique Japanese Yoshitora “47 Ronins” Japan Block print Calligrphy Edo or Meiji
Antique Japanese Yoshitora “47 Ronins” Japan Block print Calligrphy Edo or Meiji

Antique Japanese Yoshitora “47 Ronins” Japan Block print Calligrphy Edo or Meiji

By Utagawa Yoshitora

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

A very nice block print by Yoshitora printed in 1864. 47 Ronins - Okuda M Shigemori. Additional information: Material: Paper Region of Origin: Japan Period: 19th century Japan Dyna...

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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Utagawa Yoshitora Art

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Paper

Eiyu Osana Hyakuin (A hundred Heroes in their Childhood)
Eiyu Osana Hyakuin (A hundred Heroes in their Childhood)

Eiyu Osana Hyakuin (A hundred Heroes in their Childhood)

By Utagawa Yoshitora

Located in Roma, IT

Signed “Ichimosai Yoshitora ga” and “Ittosai Toshitsuna ga” and dated “Kaei 5” (1851). No Editor. Including 50+1 original illustrations, 39 of which by Yoshitora and 11 of which by Yoshitsuna. Author : Shotei Kinsui Illustrator : Utagawa Yoshitora...

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1850s Modern Utagawa Yoshitora Art

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Woodcut

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