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The General Amakasu Omi-no-kami Kagotoki riding a brown horse

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Title	The General Amakasu Omi-no-kami Kagotoki riding a brown horse
Description	The son of a silk dyer, Utagawa Kuniyoshi was apprenticed to the printmaker Utagawa Toyokuni I. whose other pupils included Toyoshige and Kunisada. Unlike his master, who specialized in actor portraits, Kuniyoshi excelled in depicting historical scenes and events along with celebrated warriors. Like many of his contemporaries, the artist experimented widely, producing prints of everything from landscapes to erotica. Kuniyoshi’s first published work was a set of book illustrations released in 1814, although his name remained obscure for several years until his publication of a print series depicting 75 heroes from Japanese lore and legend. When prints of actors and beautiful women (bijin-ga) were banned by the Japanese government in 1842, the Japanese middle class became enthusiastic supporters of Kuniyoshi’s seemingly inoffensive historical prints. In 1843, the artist released a satirical triptych print criticizing the Shogun, launching an official investigation that resulted in the destruction of Kuniyoshi’s woodblocks and unsold prints, as well as an official censure. The print, however, remained popular with the middle class.
Country	Japan
Historical Period	Japan - Edo-Tokugawa 1615 - 1868
Date of Content	1797/8-1861
Artist/Creator	Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Photographer/Recorder	Lewis, Frank C.
IDEAS Topic	Arts Arts-Prints People-Historical Figures
Language	Japanese
Work of Art, Present Location	The Wriston Art Gallery. Lawrence University
Type	still image
Format	image/jpeg
Date Photographed/Recorded	1/1/2007
Permissions	Materials may be used for educational, non-commercial purposes only. Acknowledgement to be given to the ASIANetwork-Luce Asian Art in the Undergraduate Curriculum Project and to the college from whose collection the work comes. The individual college retains copyright to the work.
IDEAS Collection	ASIANetwork-Luce Asian Art in the Undergraduate Curriculum Project
Institution Name	Lawrence University
IDEAS Identifier	soclaa001933
Collection Editor	Kucera, Karil

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