Utagawa’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Gathering Seaweed at Omori
Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, 1797-1861

Asakusa Imado, from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto Meisho)"
Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, 1797-1861

Kasumigaseki, from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, 1797-1861

Snake (Mi): Nitan Shiro, from the series "Heroes for the Twelve Animals of the Zodiac (Buyu mitate junishi)"
Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, 1797-1861

Meng Zong (Moso), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety as a Mirror for Children (Nijushiko doji kagami)"
Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, 1797-1861

Dong Yong (Toei), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety as a Mirror for Children (Nijushiko doji kagami)"
Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, 1797-1861

The Young Yoshitsune defeats Benkei at Gojo Bridge
Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, 1797–1861

Yamanobe no Akahito, from the series "One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu no uchi)"
Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, 1797-1861

Memorial portrait of the actor Ichimura Takenojo V
Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, 1797-1861

Hara, Yoshiwara, and Kanbara, from the series "Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Three Stations (Tokaido gojusan eki sanshuku meisho)"
Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, 1797-1861

The Utter Defeat of the Taira Clan in the Great Genpei War at Akama Bay in Nagato Province (Nagato no Akama no ura ni oite Genpei ogassen Heike ichimon kotogotoku horobiru zu)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, 1779-1861

Memorial portrait of the artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Utagawa Yoshiiku Japanese, 1833-1904

Lu Zhishen, Originally Named Lu Da (Kaosho Rochishin shomei Rotatsu), from the series "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)"
Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, 1797-1861

The Utter Defeat of the Taira Clan in the Great Genpei War at Akama Bay in Nagato Province (Nagato no Akama no ura ni oite Genpei ogassen Heike ichimon kotogotoku horobiru zu)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, 1779-1861

Oe no Chisato, from the series "One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu no uchi)"
Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, 1797-1861

Hu Sanniang (Ko Sanjo Ichijosei), from the series "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)"
Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, 1797-1861
![Casting a Mantra on the Waves at Kakuta on His Exile to Sado Island (Sashu rukei Kakuta nami daimoku), from the series "Concise Illustrated Biography of the Great Priest [Nichiren] (Koso go ichidai ryakuzu)"](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/7861e903-25d0-c779-7382-7055de763691/full/400,/0/default.jpg)
Casting a Mantra on the Waves at Kakuta on His Exile to Sado Island (Sashu rukei Kakuta nami daimoku), from the series "Concise Illustrated Biography of the Great Priest [Nichiren] (Koso go ichidai ryakuzu)"
Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, 1797-1861
![Wu Song (Seikaken no san Busho), from the series "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the [Popular] Water Margin ([Tsuzoku] Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)"](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/517bdaa5-8b45-dbd1-030d-e6896bc46b65/full/400,/0/default.jpg)
Wu Song (Seikaken no san Busho), from the series "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the [Popular] Water Margin ([Tsuzoku] Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)"
Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, 1797-1861

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Segawa Kikunojo V
Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, 1797-1861

Yan Qing (Roshi Ensei), from the series "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)"
Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, 1797–1861