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Yoshitora UTAGAWA  -  active ca. 1836-1880      Yokohama and historical Prints

Yoshitora lived and worked in Edo (ancient name for Tokyo). He made many prints showing scenes in Edo. Famous and unique are his prints showing foreigners in Yokohama and flamboyant historical scenes from Japan's history. Especially his Yokohama prints sometimes have a naive charm like the paintings of the great French post-impressionist, Henri Rousseau.
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Notes: also Ichimosai Yoshitora

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Literature sources used for artist biographies:
  • Merritt, Helen and Yamada, Nanako, "Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints 1900-1975", University of Hawaii Press, 1995, ISBN 0-8248-1732-X
  • Lane, Richard, "Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print", Fribourg, 1978, ISBN 0-914427-54-7
  • Laurance, P.Roberts, "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1976
  • Frances Blakemore "Who is Who in Modern Japanese Prints", John Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1975. ISBN 0-8348-0101-9
  • Annual CWAJ catalogs