Brooklyn Museum - Beauties of the Latest Fashion Compared with the Beauty of Flowers (Tosei Bijin), from Flower Playing Cards (Hana-awase) - Gosotei Toyokuni II - overall
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Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Utagawa Toyokuni II (1777–1835), also known as Toyoshige, was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints in Edo. He was the pupil, son-in-law, and adopted son of Toyokuni I. The former used the name Toyoshige (豊重) until 1826, the year after his teacher’s death when he began signing his work Toyokuni (豊国). Kunisada, another student of Toyokuni I, did not recognize Toyoshige's claim and declared himself "Toyokuni" and leader of the school. Toyoshige resumed signing his work "Toyoshige".
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brooklyn museum
engravings of bats
utagawa toyokuni ii
ukiyo e
woodblock prints
japanese art
asian art
japanese woodblock prints
japan
Date
1830 - 1835
in collections
Source
Brooklyn Museum
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Copyright info
public domain