UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797 – 1861)

These are really very modern, when you look at some of the Manga created today, yet they are over a hundred and fifty years old.
They are very much in the form of todays Japanese comics and play station etc., I think they are wonderful and worth showing, If you haven't seen the two Deathnote films, I think both good and evil could be attributed to Kuniyoshi, and he wouldn't be insulted. I do hope you like them.
The Royal Academy of Arts in London presented an exhibition of Utagawa Kuniyoshi work.
It featured 150 of his works, the exhibition presented Kuniyoshi as a
master of imaginative design.
It also revealed the power and
beauty of his prints, and through so many different designs, a range of subjects
which highlighted his ingenuous use of the triptych format, (three pictures arranged to make one.). The majority of
the exhibition was dr
awn from the collection of
Professor Arthur R. Miller which has recently been donated to the
American Friends of the British Museum. Professor Miller spent thirty years collecting his fantastic collection. When asked why he chose the UK to exhibit his collection, he gave a wonderful reply;
"I've always wanted to see the collection exhibited and researched, and the British Museum, unlike the American
Museums, do not sell or trade works that are donated to them. In London my collection will be permanently available for research and viewing, and as a scholar myself, I really appreciate that."
I think that is a wonderful way of looking at things and it means that his collection will never be split or sold. That is really good, so many treasures have ended up behind closed doors in Private collections. Never, ever to be seen again. So sad!
This was the first major
exhibition in the United Kingdom of Utagawa Kuniyoshi work since 1961. I didn't see either of them I'm afraid. I was in Saudi in the first and hospital in the last. But this is where my wonderful PC comes in, I do love looking up all these facts and figures, and hopefully making them a bit more interesting for the children.
This terrifying picture is the middle part of a Triptych, it seems that the Princess Takiyasha summons the skeleton spectre to frighten Mitsukuni. who is prostrate on the floor. Here is a copy of the whole Triptych. Mighty wonderful don't you think?

They are very much in the form of todays Japanese comics and play station etc., I think they are wonderful and worth showing, If you haven't seen the two Deathnote films, I think both good and evil could be attributed to Kuniyoshi, and he wouldn't be insulted. I do hope you like them.
The Royal Academy of Arts in London presented an exhibition of Utagawa Kuniyoshi work.
It featured 150 of his works, the exhibition presented Kuniyoshi as a
master of imaginative design.
It also revealed the power and
beauty of his prints, and through so many different designs, a range of subjects
which highlighted his ingenuous use of the triptych format, (three pictures arranged to make one.). The majority of
the exhibition was dr

Professor Arthur R. Miller which has recently been donated to the
American Friends of the British Museum. Professor Miller spent thirty years collecting his fantastic collection. When asked why he chose the UK to exhibit his collection, he gave a wonderful reply;
"I've always wanted to see the collection exhibited and researched, and the British Museum, unlike the American

I think that is a wonderful way of looking at things and it means that his collection will never be split or sold. That is really good, so many treasures have ended up behind closed doors in Private collections. Never, ever to be seen again. So sad!
This was the first major
exhibition in the United Kingdom of Utagawa Kuniyoshi work since 1961. I didn't see either of them I'm afraid. I was in Saudi in the first and hospital in the last. But this is where my wonderful PC comes in, I do love looking up all these facts and figures, and hopefully making them a bit more interesting for the children.
This terrifying picture is the middle part of a Triptych, it seems that the Princess Takiyasha summons the skeleton spectre to frighten Mitsukuni. who is prostrate on the floor. Here is a copy of the whole Triptych. Mighty wonderful don't you think?

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