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Cat and Paper Lantern, print by Ohara Koson

Cat and Paper Lantern, by Ohara Koson Title: Cat and Paper Lantern Author: Ohara Koson Year: ca. 1930 Related artworks “Monkey Holding a Dragonfly”  by Ohara Koson “Cormorant” by Ohara Koson “Crow eating a Persimmon”, by Ohara Koson “Torii and Crow in the Snow”  by Ohara Koson “Bush Warbler in Winter”  by Ohara Koson “Goldfish …

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi:biography, ukiyo-e prints of samurai and other artworks

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳) was one of the ukiyo-e artists who worked extensively as a member of Utagawa School, along with Hiroshige (広重) and Kunisada (国貞).  He established a unique world not found in other ukiyo-e artists. His talent of paint could be compared to Katsushika Hokusai(葛飾北斎). And thorough the life, he was a totally opposite person …

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