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

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UTAGAWA Kuniaki I / 初代目歌川国明

Dynasty:

Utagawa

Life dates:

Active c. 1850–1860

Period:

The late Edo period (Bakumatsu)

Place:

Edo (Tokyo)

Ukiyo-e printmaker. A samurai by birth. Pupil of Kunisada. Known for his prints of foreigners who visited Yokohama. Thought by some scholars to be the same person as Kuniaki II (q.v.).

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