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

Kiritsubo, No. 1 from the series "Murasaki Shikibu's Genji Cards (Murasaki Shikibu Genji karuta)"
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) Japanese, 1823–1880

Eight Modern Views of Famous Places in Tokyo of Great Japan (Dai Nippon Tokyo kaika meisho hakkei no zu)
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) Japanese, 1823-1880

Iwai Kumesaburo II as the Courtesan Takao in Banzei Okuni Kabuki
Utagawa Kunisada I Japanese, 1786-1865

Memorial Portrait of Utagawa Kunisada I (Kochoro Toyokuni shozo)
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) Japanese, 1823–1880

The actor Ichikawa Kuzo II as Tanigoro
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) Japanese, 1786-1864

The actor Ichikawa Dajuro VII and a woman watching boy write first calligraphy of the New Year
Utagawa Kunisada Japanese, 1786-1864

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Suketakaya Kodenji
Utagawa Kunisada III (Kunimasa IV, Toyokuni V) Japanese, 1848–1920

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro V
Utagawa Kunisada III (Kunimasa IV, Toyokuni V) Japanese, 1848-1920

Viewing Maple Trees
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) Japanese, 1786-1864

Oiwa's Ghost (Oiwa no borei)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) Japanese, 1786-1864

Guan Yu, Liu Bei, and Zhang Fei
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) Japanese, 1786-1864

Crouching tiger
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) Japanese, 1786–1864

Bando Mitsugoro III as Minamoto no Yorimasa (right), Segawa Kikunojo V as Ayame no Mae (center), and Ichikawa Danjuro VII as I no Hayata (left)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) Japanese, 1786-1864

Memorial portrait of Utagawa Hiroshige
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) Japanese, 1786-1864

Ichikawa Ebizô V as Togashi Saemon and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Musashibô Benkei in Kanjinchô (The Subscription List), plate 18 from the series Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Jûhachiban no uchi)
Attributed to Utagawa Kunisada Japanese, 1786-1864

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Sukeroku (R) and Onoe Kikugoro III as the white sake peddler Shinbei (L) in the play "Yukari no Edo-zakura"
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) Japanese, 1786-1864

The actor Sawamura Sojuro lll as the lay priest Kiyomori
Utagawa Kunimasa Japanese, 1773-1810

Shirabyoshi Dancer in Asazuma Boat (Asazuma-bune), from an untitled series of landscapes
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) Japanese, 1786-1864

Landscape in Mist (Muchu no sansui), from an untitled series of landscapes
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) Japanese, 1786-1864

Parody of Liu Bei (J: Gentoku) Visiting Zhuge Liang (J: Komei) in Wind and Snow (Gentoku fusetsu ni Komei o tazureru)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) Japanese, 1786–1864