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Toyokuni, printer
Japanese, 1769 - 1825
A Young Boy of the Tomimoto Clan Chanting in a Teahouse Overlooking the Sumida River, circa 1790 - 1795
color woodcut triptych
36.4 x 24.4 cm (image); 36.5 x 23.5 cm (sheet)
Society for Asian Art, Mary Watts Brown Collection 1964.141.1099a-c

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Artist Biography: Utagawa Toyokuni. Go=Ichiyosai. Other names used: Kurahashi Toyokuni, Kumaimon, Kumakichi, Ichiyosai; Ukiyo-e painter, printmaker; lived and worked in Edo; Son of sculptor of puppets and pupil of Utagawa Toyaharu. influenced by almost every well-known contemporary print artist: a thorough eclectic, but with a number of personal mannerisms; his most typical work consisted of actor prints (both in their stage roles and in private life); also did book illustrations; most prominent and popular member of the Utagawa School; had many followers;

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