Hodogaya, Utagawa Kunisada, 1852-03
Utagawa Kunisada, portraitUtagawa KunisadaJapanese, 1786–1865

Hodogaya

1852-03 · Print

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Where is “Hodogaya” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

Source
The museum

About the work

Museum text in Dutch

Vrouw (de acteur Bando Shuka in de vrouwenrol Okaru) in kleurige kimono met verschillende bloem patronen, opzij kijkend, tegen achtergrond met gezicht op de pleisterplaats Hodogaya; reizigers op brug over rivier met huizen langs de oever.

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Accession number
RP-P-2008-224

What it shows

In the catalog

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In the life of Utagawa Kunisada

The whole life
  1. 1820–1860

    Dominance in Sumo Wrestler Portraits

    From 1820 to 1860 he dominated the market for printed portraits of sumo wrestlers.

  2. 1835–1850

    Monopoly on Prints Based on "The Tale of Genji"

    From 1835 to 1850 he held a near-total monopoly on the genre of prints connected with "The Tale of Genji"; only after 1850 did other artists begin producing similar sheets.

  3. mid-1840s – early 1850s

    Collaboration with Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi

    From the mid-1840s to the early 1850s he collaborated with Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi on three large series and a number of smaller projects; the cooperation was in large part a show of solidarity against the tightened censorship of the Tenpō reforms.

All works

On view at Rijksmuseum

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