Evening Faces - Utagawa Kuniyoshi
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Description
A woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi titled 'Evening Faces', depicting a woman and a dog in a snow scene. The print showcases Kuniyoshi's mastery of composition and his ability to evoke mood through subtle details.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) was a prominent Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period. He is celebrated for his dynamic and imaginative prints, particularly those depicting historical and mythical subjects. Kuniyoshi's work is characterised by its bold compositions, expressive figures, and incorporation of Western artistic elements, setting him apart from many of his contemporaries. He trained under Toyokuni I, head of the Utagawa school, and produced a vast number of prints throughout his career, influencing generations of later artists. His work is held in many collections, including the British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 'Evening Faces' depicts a woman in a snow-covered setting, accompanied by a dog. The scene is rendered in muted tones, with the falling snow creating a soft, diffused light. The woman, dressed in a dark kimono, carries a rolled scroll, while the dog stands attentively beside her. Above, a cartouche displays calligraphy and a floral motif, adding a decorative element to the composition. The print exemplifies Kuniyoshi's skill in capturing atmosphere and emotion through subtle details and careful use of colour.
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Evening Faces - Utagawa Kuniyoshi
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Artist Biography
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
For the first thirteen years he struggled. The breakthrough came in 1827 with a commission to illustrate the 108 Heroes of the Suikoden, a Chinese adventure novel. He drew tattooed warriors in dynamic poses that broke out of the frame, the tattoos rendered with a detail that started a fashion in Edo. The series was enormously popular and established him as the leading designer of warrior prints.
He loved cats. His studio was always full of them, and he often worked with a kitten tucked inside his kimono. When a cat died, he sent it to a nearby temple, and he kept a Buddhist altar for his deceased cats at home. Cats appear constantly in his prints: as substitute actors in kabuki scenes, as letter-forms in playful alphabets, as parodies of famous paintings. Government censorship in the 1840s prohibited the depiction of actors and courtesans by name, so Kuniyoshi gave them cat faces, which was technically legal and funnier.
His range was unusual for an ukiyo-e artist. Warriors, landscapes, beautiful women, ghosts, satirical cartoons, cats. He was equally comfortable with the heroic and the absurd, sometimes on the same sheet. His triptych of the giant skeleton spectre, from the tale of Takiyasha the Witch, is one of the most reproduced images in Japanese art.
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