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Utagawa Kuniyoshi

1797 - 1861

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese: 歌川 国芳, [ɯtaɡawa kɯɲiꜜjoɕi]; 1 January 1798 – 14 April 1861) was one of the last great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting. He was a member of the Utagawa school. The range of Kuniyoshi's subjects included many genres: landscapes, women, Kabuki actors, cats, and mythical animals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Utagawa Kuniyoshi has received more than 712,936 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Utagawa Kuniyoshi is the 292nd most popular painter (up from 322nd in 2019), the 135th most popular biography from Japan (up from 151st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Painter.

Kuniyoshi was a Japanese artist during the Edo period. He is most famous for his ukiyo-e woodblock prints, which often depicted scenes from Japanese history and folklore.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Utagawa Kuniyoshi ranks 292 out of 2,023. Before him are Franz Stuck, François Gérard, Pieter Aertsen, Natalia Goncharova, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, and Carlo Crivelli. After him are Louis Wain, Jacopo Bassano, Orazio Gentileschi, Félicien Rops, Carlo Carrà, and Horace Vernet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1797, Utagawa Kuniyoshi ranks 17. Before him are Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Charles Lyell, Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, Alfred de Vigny, Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Paul Delaroche. After him are Ferdinand von Wrangel, Maria Isabel of Braganza, Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg, Carlo Blasis, Sojourner Truth, and Ida Laura Pfeiffer. Among people deceased in 1861, Utagawa Kuniyoshi ranks 12. Before him are Xianfeng Emperor, Friedrich Carl von Savigny, Lola Montez, Pedro V of Portugal, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Pavel Jozef Šafárik. After him are Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Eugène Scribe, Elisha Otis, Ranavalona I, Lars Levi Laestadius, and Henri Murger.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Utagawa Kuniyoshi ranks 135 out of 6,245. Before him are Yamato Takeru (72), Masaru Emoto (1943), Shigeru Yoshida (1878), Emperor Go-Sai (1638), Emperor Go-Daigo (1288), and Kōnosuke Matsushita (1894). After him are Shunroku Hata (1879), Tokugawa Hidetada (1579), Kakuichi Mimura (1931), Ishida Mitsunari (1559), Tameo Ide (1908), and Yamagata Aritomo (1838).

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Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, Utagawa Kuniyoshi ranks 3. Before him are Yayoi Kusama (1929), and Utamaro (1753). After him are Suzuki Harunobu (1725), Tsuguharu Foujita (1886), Sesshū Tōyō (1420), Hishikawa Moronobu (1618), Yoshitoshi (1839), Kunisada (1786), Masaaki Hatsumi (1931), Ogata Kōrin (1658), and Takashi Murakami (1962).

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