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Kunimasa

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Utagawa Kunimasa was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Utagawa school. He was originally from Aizu in Iwashiro Province and first worked in a dye shop after arriving in Edo. It was there that he was noticed by Utagawa Toyokuni, to whom he became apprenticed.

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Artworks (12)

Beauty in Snow

1804 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Image: 35 1/4 x 11 9/16 in. (89.6 x 29.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Actor Matsumoto Yonesaburō in a Woman's Role

1796 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

14 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (36.8 x 24.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Nakamura Nakazo II as Matsuomaru in the Carriage-Stopping Scene

1796 · color woodblock print, with mica and lacquer

Sheet: 38.8 x 25.8 cm (15 1/4 x 10 3/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Usui Arataro Sadamitsu in the Shibaraku scene of the play "Seiwa Nidai Oyose Genji," performed at the Miyako Theater in the eleventh month, 1796

1796 · Color woodblock print; oban

38.3 × 26 cm (15 1/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The actor Kataoka Nizaemon Vll as Iyo no Taro in the play "Seiwa Nidai Oyose Genji," performed at the Miyako Theater in the eleventh month, 1796

1796 · Color woodblock print; oban

35.2 × 25.2 cm (13 7/8 × 9 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Busteportret van Nakamura Noshio II

1795 · color woodcut on paper

height: 378 cm, width: 251 cm

Rijksmuseum

Portrait of the Actor Nakayama Tomisaburo as a Woman

1795 · color woodblock print

Sheet: 34.6 x 22.6 cm (13 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Iwai Kumesaburo in the Role of Lady Tomoe

1792 · Color woodblock print; oban

39.2 × 26.5 cm (15 7/16 × 10 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The actor Sawamura Sojuro lll as the lay priest Kiyomori

1790 · Color woodblock print; oban

38.9 × 26 cm (15 3/8 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ichikawa Omezo

1789 · Color woodblock print; oban

37.3 × 25.4 cm (14 11/16 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of an Actor in Female Dress

1773 · Color woodblock print; oban

36.9 × 25 cm (14 1/2 × 9 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ichikawa Danjuro Vl

1773 · Color woodblock print; oban

38.1 × 26 cm (15 × 10 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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12 published of 12 catalogued · 12 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Met
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Rijksmuseum
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3 entries · 1 sources

Busteportret van Nakamura Noshio II
1795 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Nakamura Nakazo II as Matsuomaru in the Carriage-Stopping Scene
1796 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Portrait of the Actor Nakayama Tomisaburo as a Woman
1795 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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