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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. He is known for depictions of the battles of legendary samurai heroes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Utagawa Kuniyoshi is the 329th most popular painter (down from 292nd in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from Japan (down from 135th in 2019) and the 2nd 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 329 out of 2,023. Before him are Max Beckmann, Taddeo Gaddi, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Max Liebermann, Jules Joseph Lefebvre, and Niccolò dell'Abbate. After him are Félicien Rops, Thomas Couture, Léon Bakst, Willem de Kooning, Louis Wain, and Giovanni Paolo Panini.

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Among people born in 1797, Utagawa Kuniyoshi ranks 17. Before him are Paul Delaroche, Charles Lyell, Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Ferdinand von Wrangel, Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, and Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany. After him are Alfred de Vigny, Princess Maria Antonia Koháry, Maria Isabel of Braganza, Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg, Wilhelm Beer, and Carlo Blasis. Among people deceased in 1861, Utagawa Kuniyoshi ranks 15. Before him are Pedro V of Portugal, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Pavel Jozef Šafárik, Lola Montez, Ranavalona I, and Eugène Scribe. After him are Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Elisha Otis, Henri Murger, Lars Levi Laestadius, Eugène de Mazenod, and Heinrich Marschner.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Utagawa Kuniyoshi ranks 165 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Go-Sai (1638), Empress Genshō (680), Kenichi Fukui (1918), Takashi Furukawa (1981), Shunroku Hata (1879), and Emperor Sujin (-147). After him are Issey Miyake (1938), Kuniaki Koiso (1880), Shoko Asahara (1955), Emperor Suinin (-69), Osamu Shimomura (1928), and Takashi Takabayashi (1931).

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Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, Utagawa Kuniyoshi ranks 2. Before him are Yayoi Kusama (1929). After him are Utamaro (1753), Sesshū Tōyō (1420), Suzuki Harunobu (1725), Hishikawa Moronobu (1618), Tsuguharu Foujita (1886), Kunisada (1786), Masaaki Hatsumi (1931), Yoshitoshi (1839), Takashi Murakami (1962), and Ogata Kōrin (1658).

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