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

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UTAGAWA Kuniteru I / 初代目歌川国輝

Dynasty:

Utagawa

Life dates:

Active c. 1818–1870

Period:

The late Edo period (Bakumatsu)

Place:

Edo (Tokyo)

Ukiyo-e printmaker. Pupil jf Kunisada. When his master used go of Kunisada, Kuniteru called himself Sadashige; when Kunisada became Toyokuni III, called himself Kuniteru. Made actor prints, generally in a style close to that of Kuniyoshi.

Roberts, Laurance, P. "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1980, p. 97