Utagawa Yoshiiku
Appearance
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Utagawa Yoshiiku (歌川 芳幾, 1833 - February 6, 1904), also known as or Ochiai Yoshiiku (落合 芳幾), was a Japanese artist of the Utagawa school.[1]
Early life
Yoshiiku was the son of a teahouse proprietor and became a student of Utagawa Kuniyoshi.
Career
Yoshiiku is known as a ukiyo-e print designer and as a newspaper illustrator.[2]
He was a co-founder of the Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shinbun, an illustrated daily hiragana newspaper in 1874.
Prints
Yoshiiku's works include the print Kokkei Wanisshi-ki (滑稽倭日史記) "Comical Record of Japanese History"), which employs the traditional theme of Hyakki Yakō on contemporary Japanese military actions in China.
Gallery
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Sino-Japanese War, Butterfly and Praying Mantis, 1895
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A female rain spirit (Hyakumonogatari Ameonna), 1890
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Portraits as True Likeness in the Moonlight (Makoto no Tsukihana no Sugata-e), c. 1845-1865. Woodblock print, 35.1 × 23 cm (13.82 × 9.06 in)
See also
Notes
References
- Lane, Richard. (1978). Images from the Floating World, The Japanese Print. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 10-ISBN 0192114476/13-ISBN 9780192114471; OCLC 5246796
- Newland, Amy Reigle. (2005). Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints. Amsterdam: Hotei. 10-ISBN 9074822657/13-ISBN 9789074822657; OCLC 61666175
- Roberts, Laurance P. (1976). A Dictionary of Japanese Artists. New York: Weatherhill. 10-ISBN 0834801132/13-ISBN 9780834801134; OCLC 2005932
External links
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