Japanese prints of the XVIII –XIX century from the collection of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

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UTAGAWA Kunimaru / 歌川 国丸

Pseudonym:

Gosairō, Honchoan, Ichiensai

Dynasty:

Utagawa

Life dates:

1794 - 1829

Period:

Mid-Edo Period

Place:

Edo (Tokyo)

Ukiyo-e painter, printmaker. Lived in Edo, pupil of Toyokuni. Studied haiku with Oryuan and became noted as haikai poet Under the name of Ryubi. Specialized in portraits of actors and bijin. After 1808, illustrated many books.

Roberts, Laurance, P. "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1980, p. 95