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A giclée print on 200gsm matte fine art paper, using a twelve-colour process for accurate, fade-resistant colour. Supplied unframed, delivered flat or rolled.
Twee dansers en een kind - Utagawa Kuniyoshi
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Descripción
A delicate woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi depicting two dancers performing for a child, rendered with fluid, calligraphic lines.
This woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi captures a brief, spontaneous moment of performance. The composition features two adult figures in traditional attire, engaged in a dance, while a small child watches from a distance. Kuniyoshi, a master of the Utagawa school, is known for his diverse output, ranging from dramatic warrior prints to humorous sketches. This particular work demonstrates his ability to convey movement and character through minimal, fluid brushwork.
The figures are rendered with calligraphic lines that define their posture and the folds of their garments. The application of colour is restrained, using soft washes of green, brown, and red to differentiate the figures against the neutral paper background. The lack of a detailed setting focuses the viewer entirely on the interaction between the dancers and the observer. The child, positioned lower in the frame, provides a sense of scale and adds a narrative element to the scene, suggesting a casual or domestic performance rather than a formal stage production.
Kuniyoshi often experimented with different styles, and this piece reflects the lighter, more informal side of his artistic practice. The economy of line and the open composition are characteristic of the later Edo period, where artists frequently explored themes of daily life and popular entertainment. This print offers a glimpse into the observational skills of the artist, who could capture the essence of a gesture with only a few strokes. It is a fine example of the technical skill involved in Japanese woodblock printing, where the interplay between the carved line and the printed colour creates a sense of immediacy and grace.
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- Marcos: negro, madera natural, madera oscura o blanco
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Twee dansers en een kind - Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Precio habitual
Desde £37.00 GBP
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Desde £37.00 GBP
Precio habitual
Fine Art Poster / Small Square (30x30 cm) / -
Artist Biography
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Kuniyoshi's father was a silk dyer in Edo. The boy helped with pattern design, which gave him an instinct for colour and textile decoration that shows in every print he made. At twelve he caught the attention of Utagawa Toyokuni, the head of the Utagawa school, and was admitted as a student. He was given the name Kuniyoshi in 1814 and became independent.
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.
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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Fine Art Framed
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The same fine art print in a solid wood frame with UV-protective acrylic glaze and rigid backing. Five frame colours. Arrives ready to hang.
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