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

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UTAGAWA Yoshitsuya I / 初代目歌川芳艶

Dynasty:

Utagawa

Life dates:

1822 - 1866

Period:

The late Edo period (Bakumatsu)

Place:

Edo (Tokyo)

Ukiyo-e printmaker, illustrator. A minor pupil of Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Good at pictures of warriors; also illustrated chapbooks and made designs for tattooing.

Roberts, Laurance, P. "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1980, p. 204