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

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UTAGAWA Kunihisa II / 二代目歌川国久

Dynasty:

Utagawa

Life dates:

1832-1891

Period:

The late Edo period (Bakumatsu)

Place:

Edo (Tokyo)

Ukiyo-e printmaker. Lived in Yokohama. Pupil and son-in-law of Kunisada; collaborated with him, doing the landscape background for his master’s figures. An early member of the Yokohama school, specializing in landcape.

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

The Nanture of Fire.

The Nanture of Fire.

1864

А. 4006–4008