Utagawa Kunisada
(1786–1865) ukiyo-e artist (1786–1865)
Utagawa Kunisada (Japan, 1786–1865) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a printmaker. By year of birth, Utagawa Kunisada belongs to the chapter ‘Edo: the floating world’ in this site’s history of art.
Utagawa Kunisada was born in Edo and died in Edo. The teachers included Utagawa Toyokuni I and Hanabusa Ikkei. Wikidata associates Utagawa Kunisada with Utagawa school. The students included Utagawa Kunimasu, Kuniteru I, Utagawa Kuniteru II, and Gomitei Eikitsu.
The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 30 works by Utagawa Kunisada with free images. The dated works span the years 1820–1863. Works by Utagawa Kunisada are held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Tanomura Chikuden, Hokkei, Rai San'yo, Gakutei, and Yanagawa Shigenobu.