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Utagawa Kuniyoshi

1797 - 1861

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese: 歌川 国芳, [ɯtaɡawa kɯɲiꜜjoɕi]; January 1, 1798 – April 14, 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, beautiful women, Kabuki actors, cats, and mythical animals. He is known for depictions of the battles of legendary samurai heroes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Utagawa Kuniyoshi has received more than 606,194 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Utagawa Kuniyoshi is the 321st most popular painter (down from 302nd in 2019), the 151st most popular biography from Japan (down from 117th 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 321 out of 1,421. Before him are James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Niccolò dell'Abbate, Séraphine Louis, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Pietro Cavallini, and Léon Bonnat. After him are Jan Gossaert, Lucio Fontana, Émile Bernard, Giovanni Paolo Panini, Gabriël Metsu, and Willem Claesz. Heda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1797, Utagawa Kuniyoshi ranks 18. Before him are Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Alfred de Vigny, Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, Paul Delaroche, and Ferdinand von Wrangel. After him are Maria Isabel of Braganza, Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg, George Tupou I, Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, Manuela Sáenz, and Prince Frederick of the Netherlands. Among people deceased in 1861, Utagawa Kuniyoshi ranks 14. Before him are Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Pedro V of Portugal, Lola Montez, Pavel Jozef Šafárik, Eugène Scribe, and Elisha Otis. After him are Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Ranavalona I, Henri Murger, Lars Levi Laestadius, Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, and Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Utagawa Kuniyoshi ranks 151 out of 6,048. Before him are Ko Arima (1917), Kuniaki Koiso (1880), Eisaku Satō (1901), Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835), Tokugawa Hidetada (1579), and Masanobu Fukuoka (1913). After him are Nagisa Oshima (1932), Yasuo Fukuda (1936), Masaki Kobayashi (1916), Arata Isozaki (1931), Emperor Sujin (-147), and Shigeru Miyamoto (1952).

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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 Tsuguharu Foujita (1886), Suzuki Harunobu (1725), Sesshū Tōyō (1420), Yoshitoshi (1839), Kunisada (1786), Hishikawa Moronobu (1618), Masaaki Hatsumi (1931), Takashi Murakami (1962), and Ogata Kōrin (1658).

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