About Utagawa Yoshitaki
Lived 1841 – 1899 (aged 58). Utagawa Yoshitaki was a Japanese painter and ukiyo-e artist.
, who is also known as Ichiyōsai Yoshitaki (一養斎 芳滝), was a Japanese designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints who was active in both Edo (Tokyo) and Osaka. He was also a painter and newspaper illustrator. His father was a paste merchant, and Yoshitaki became a student of Utagawa Yoshiume (1819–1879). Yoshitaki was the most prolific designer of woodblock prints in Osaka from the 1860s to the 1880s, producing more than 1,200 different prints, almost all of kabuki actors.
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Who was Utagawa Yoshitaki?
Japanese ukiyo-e artist and printmaker (1841-1899)
When was Utagawa Yoshitaki born?
Utagawa Yoshitaki was born on 13 April 1841 in Osaka.
When did Utagawa Yoshitaki die?
Utagawa Yoshitaki died on 28 June 1899 in Sakai.
What was Utagawa Yoshitaki's occupation?
Utagawa Yoshitaki was a painter and ukiyo-e artist.
What nationality was Utagawa Yoshitaki?
Utagawa Yoshitaki was Japanese.
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