Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese 1769-1825), Kayoi Komachi

Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese 1769-1825) Woodblock Print, Kayoi Komachi

Est: $3.000 USD - $5.000 USD

Toyokuni I, Utagawa (Japanese 1769-1825) 'Kasyoi Komachi from the Series "Seven Episodes of Poet Komachi'" c1795. Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Framed and matted in an ornate gilt wood frame and silk mat. Signed to the upper and lower right side of the print.
Weight: Approx. 2 lbs (Japanese: 歌川豊国; 1769 in Edo – 24 February 1825 in Edo), also often referred to as Toyokuni I, to distinguish him from the members of his school who took over his gō (art-name) after he died, was a great master of ukiyo-e, known in particular for his kabuki actor prints. He was the second head of the renowned Utagawa school of Japanese woodblock artists, and was the artist who really moved it to the position of great fame and power it occupied for the rest of the nineteenth century- Wikipedia