Man met lange pijp
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
c. 1830 - c. 1835
Medium
nishikie, with metallic pigments and blindprinting
Dimensions
210; 184
About this artwork
nishikie, with metallic pigments and blindprinting
About the Artist
Utagawa Kuniyoshi · 1797–1861
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861) was born in Edo to the silk-dyer Yanagiya Kichiyemon, originally bearing the childhood name Yoshisaburō. From a young age, he assisted in his family's pattern design work, which sharpened his innate mastery of color and textile motifs that would permeate his later prints. At around twelve years old, his prodigious drawing skills drew the attention of the renowned Utag...