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Toyoshige
(1777 - 1835)
Homme
Credit:
Un justificatif supplémentaire est à envoyer au musée. Photo (C) MBA, Rennes, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Jean-Manuel Salingue
Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes
http://www.mbar.org/
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Keywords:
Japanese (representation of)
man
traditional costume (Japanese)
branch (tree)
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About the artwork
Title:
Homme
Periods:
19th century
XIXth century
Techniques:
engraved
nishike-e print
Dimensions:
364 x 616
Inventory number:
INV1959.37.38.1
Detail:
entre 1794 et 1835
Location:
Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes
About the author(s)
Author:
Toyoshige
Also known as:
Toyokuni Utagawa
Born:
1777
Dead:
1835
Country:
Japon
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Utagawa Toyokuni II
(1777–1835), also known as
Toyoshige
, was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints in Edo. He was the pupil, son-in-law and adopted son of Toyokuni I. The former used the name Toyoshige (豊重) until 1826, the year after his teacher’s death, when he began signing his work Toyokuni (豊国). Kunisada, another student of Toyokuni I, did not recognize Toyoshige's claim and declared himself "Toyokuni" and leader of the school. Toyoshige resumed signing his work "Toyoshige". …
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