Japan: Buddhist devotees. Ukiyo-e woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyasu (1794 - 1 August 1832), early 19th century. Utagawa Kuniyasu, born Yasugoro and also known by Ipposai and Nishikawa Yasunobu, was a Japanese artist from the Utagawa school. He was taught by Utagawa Toyokuni, and illustrated more than a hundred books throughout his career, as well as hundreds of standalone prints of beauties (bijin-ga) and Kabuki actors (yakusha-e).
The Utagawa school was a group of Japanese woodblock print artists, founded by Toyoharu. His pupil, Toyokuni I, took over after Toyoharu's death and raised the group to become the most famous and powerful woodblock print school for the remainder of the 19th century. Hiroshige, Kunisada, Kuniyoshi and Yoshitoshi were Utagawa students. The school became so successful and well-known that today more than half of all surviving ukiyo-e prints are from it. Founder Toyoharu adopted Western-style deep perspective, an innovation in Japanese art. His immediate followers, Utagawa Toyohiro and Utagawa Toyokuni adopted bolder, more sensuous styles than Toyoharu and specialized in different genres — Toyohiro in landscapes and Toyokuni in kabuki actor prints. Later artists in the school specialized in other genres, such as warrior prints and mythic parodies.
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