It is strange and brave, free niece. It is said that the word for describing Ukiyo-e's Ukiyo-e's Ukiyo-e was his character as it is. Edokko's temperament, who loves me "watch" and you "me", loves fire and firewood. It seems that he was disliked to be a "teacher" despite being one of the most popular painters at the end of the Edo period. It is a good masculine friend who has a close relationship with the temper towns, blazers, and rushes to a fire or near or near, and helps to extinguish the fire. More than 70 disciples gathered at Kuniyoshi, the parent's skin, and they were tied with a deep bond like a family. What kind of life did such a hot man, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, live?
What is the popular Ukiyo-e teacher, Utagawa Kuniyoshi?
Utagawa Kuniyoshi, surprisingly long lasting second year
Kuniyoshi was born in the dyed house of Edo Nihonbashi in 1797, and he became a disciple of the first Utagawa Toyokuni (toyo) when he was 15 years old. After that, although he made his debut in the art base, he was not able to demonstrate his talents well, and it was after he was over 30 to get fame.
A piece depicting the Kuniyoshi Ichimon gate, which is slowly changing. Kuniyoshi is said to be wearing a flashy kimono at the left end. Utagawa Kuniyoshi "Yukuni Furu pair pattern" Kanaga initial large format picture picture three pieces continuation gallery Akaya
Utagawa Kuniyoshi boom arrival! Joined by popular Ukiyo-e artists
The cause of rising up to the stardom was the series of "Toneshi Mizunetsu Jojo One Hundred One Person", which drew heroes appearing in "Mizutsuden" as a drawing of a figure one by one around Bunsei 10 (1827). did. At that time, "Sonjo Suikoden", adapted by Kurumuro, became a best-seller, and the world was in the midst of "Suzukiden boom". The original Kagaya version aimed at commercial opportunities gave Kuniyoshi a large-size picture with the motif of "Mizushimaden", and it became a great hit. The heroes who are full of dynamism make their minds from adults to children clearer, and furthermore, the Edo period children dressed as tattoos of the warlords drawn in this series are the works of Kuniyoshi It might have been the thought that a boom of "carving objects" was about to scream and scream for pleasure.
An underwater fighting scene that is particularly popular among the blockbuster "Mizukunden" series. Utagawa Kuniyoshi "Tokuzoku Suigetsu Den Jieshi One Hundred One Hundred-Jiro Jing-Hui Xiao Jing" Large Format Papers Bunsei 10 to Tenpo Yuan (1827-1830)
Also very popular with Edokko. The works of Utagawa Kuniyoshi that attracts people over time
While becoming a popular artist and presenting works one after another, Tenpo's reform will begin. The Shogunate was prohibited by the shogunate from painting prostitutes and kabuki actors in ukiyo-e and depicting luxury genres, but if it were to Kuniyoshi, what was that. Animating cats and peacocks to draw play areas, drawing actor-like face fish, passing through skillfully techniques, and making the public happy.
A work depicting a cat as an anthropomorphic person. Utagawa Kuniyoshi "Oboro Tsuki no Sori" Hironization period Fan Fan picture Makie gallery Akaya
From the end of the Tenpo year (1830 to 1844), he presented a large number of powerful works, capturing three large-formats as widescreen and drawing one motif as a figure. It is one of Kuniyoshi's great achievements to have created a new Ukiyo-e innovation and gave the painters a rethinking of consciousness. Kuniyoshi's paintings, in which Oiso, Yokai, Okaihara are drawn without limit, continue to attract not only Edo people but also us of today.
The most famous work of the series of three large prints. Utagawa Kuniyoshi "Otaru Taro Kokukunikai, who gathers allies with Shomon's Himeji-Yasha in the ancient times of Soma, come and try to fall in love with him." Hirokazu Gen (1844) The Boston Museum of Art
Ukiyo-e teacher, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, eternal rival is Utagawa Kunisuke
For Kuniyoshi, his rival in life is Kutasa Kunisuke, a brother and child of the same gate. Kusunoki is a child of a wealthy merchant, and since she was young she presented a beautiful picture and a drawing of actor's picture to draw attention. It is also a story that Kuniyoshi was in a young age when he came to a place where a popular accompaniment group was playing with the art of Yanagibashi, and that it was inspired from his regret. It seems that Kunigu was a serious character compared to naughty Kuniyoshi.
There are not many paintings compared with other Ukiyo-e painters, but the beauty paintings are elegant and have their own charm. Utagawa Kuniyoshi "Geisha figure of grooming under cherry blossoms" Kanaga Gen-3 (1848-1850) around the year Ichimoto Kinhon Ota Memorial Museum of Art
Kokugu is good at drawing “the customs of Edo itself” such as popular actors and prostitutes at that time, and therefore, in the present age, many fans are attracted to researchers who are familiar with Edo culture such as Kabuki and classical literature. You On the other hand, Kuniyoshi is 18th to draw a "story" such as an action scene of a reading book or a play. By the narrative, it may be widely accepted in the world now, in the same sense as manga and animation.
I also worked on many pictures of Kintaro. Utagawa Kuniyoshi "Sakata Kidomaru" Tenpo 7 (1836) around the large format Makie gallery Akaya
But Kuniyoshi is not the only one. The skill, the idea, the humor! The more you know, the better you will know that Kuniyoshi's works have the power to transcend time and place.
Kuniyoshi Utagawa "Eigadaiai or Shimoi cat Shi, Mi Tsui, Han Ni Ya Amen" group fan picture 2-disc set Tenpo 13 (1842) Around the gallery Akoya
| I want to read together, and the humor of Utagawa Kuniyoshi bursts! A playful spirit not seen in painting history is here
・How do you come up with? Deformed characters drawn by Utagawa Kuniyoshi!
Look back on the 300 years of Ukiyo-e history!
My motto is "I'm serious about being stupid", and I am having fun and having fun every day.
