Utagawa Yoshitora More 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.

Artist: Utagawa Yoshitora

Utagawa YoshitoraEiyu Osana Hyakuin (A hundred Heroes in their Childhood), 1851

$2,303

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 More Art

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Woodcut

Salvador DalíThe Inferno, Canto 6 - Cerberus, Original Woodcut, Modern, 1960, Framed, 1960

$1,738

H 20.95 in W 17.01 in D 0.4 in

The Inferno, Canto 6 - Cerberus, Original Woodcut, Modern, 1960, Framed

By Salvador Dalí

Located in OPOLE, PL

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 6 - Cerberus Woodcut print from 1960. Dimensions of sheet: 33 x 26.2 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures C...

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1960s Modern Utagawa Yoshitora More Art

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Woodcut

Milwaukee Handicraft Project WPA, c. 1935 - 1942

$2,500

H 24 in W 19 in

Milwaukee Handicraft Project WPA

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Milwaukee Handicraft Project, Applied Design Blockprinted Textiles Volume VI Supplement, c. 1935 - 1942, twelve block printed designs on linen, images are various sizes, each is mounted in its original folder which measures 24 x 19 inches, all bear the Milwaukee Handicraft Project label, various designers, including Barbara Warren (1915 - 2005) ("Checkered Flower" and perhaps others), includes original portfolio binder The Milwaukee Handicraft Project (MHP) was the most prolific and successful of the decorative arts projects of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). It served as a model for many other similar projects across the United States and attracted the attention of thought leaders as diverse as Frank Lloyd Wright and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Designed with the dual goals of providing work for underprivileged women and the creation of well-designed household objects, the MHP began in 1935 under the direction of Elsa Ulbricht...

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1930s American Modern Utagawa Yoshitora More Art

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Textile, Linen, Linocut, Woodcut

Salvador DalíDivine Comedy, 100 Color Wood Engravings, Surrealist, 1960-1964, 1960

$6,595Sale Price|20% Off

H 13.78 in W 11.03 in D 11.82 in

Divine Comedy, 100 Color Wood Engravings, Surrealist, 1960-1964

By Salvador Dalí

Located in OPOLE, PL

Salvador Dalí’s Divine Comedy is a series of 100 color wood engravings, each corresponding to a canto from Dante Alighieri’s epic poem. Created between 1960 and 1964, commissioned by...

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1960s Surrealist Utagawa Yoshitora More Art

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Woodcut

Wharton EsherickBy Night On My Bed, 1927

$1,700

H 4.5 in W 4.5 in

By Night On My Bed

Located in New York, NY

Woodcut. Signed by the artist and dated in pencil, lower right. Titled in pencil, lower left, and numbered "28" in pencil, lower center. This woodcut was made by Esherick to ill...

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1920s American Modern Utagawa Yoshitora More Art

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Woodcut

$266

H 20 in W 16 in D 1.5 in

Resilience, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Amanda Dagg

Located in Yardley, PA

Original painting of a tree. Expressive textured painting on canvas and ready to hang from box to wall. Full of thick paint Inspired by the quiet strength of a tree, Resilience re...

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2010s Modern Utagawa Yoshitora More Art

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Acrylic

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