Toyohara kunichika biography of barack

  • Kunichika Toyohara was one the most important woodblock print artists of the Meiji period (1868-1912).
  • This print was commissioned to commemorate the former American president's visit to Tokyo (Edo was renamed Tokyo when the emperor made it his residence in 1868).
  • Born in Niigata prefecture as Naoyoshi Hashimoto, Chikanobu began his life as the son of samurai in the service of the Sakakibara clan.

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    Splendor of the Procession of General Grant from America (Beikoku Guranto-shi go tsūkō no han'ei)

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    Title:Splendor of the Procession of General Grant from America (Beikoku Guranto-shi go tsūkō no han'ei)

    Artist:Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)

    Period:Meiji period (1868–1912)

    Date:1879

    Culture:Japan

    Medium:Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

    Dimensions:14 3/4 x 29 3/4 in. (37.5 x 75.6 cm)

    Classification:Prints

    Credit Line:Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1962

    Object Number:JP3423

    Signature: Ōju Toyohara Kunichika hitsu (on special request)

    Lincoln Kirstein American, New York (until 1962; donated to MMA)

    New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Impressions of a New Civilization: The Lincoln Kirstein Collection of Japanese Prints, 1860–1912," May 20–September 7, 1986.

    Santa Fe. New Mexico Museum of Art. "Impressions of a New Civilizati

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    UTAGAWA KUNISADA (UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI III, 1786-1865), TOYOHARA KUNICHIKA (1835-1900), UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861), AND OTHERS

    Edo period (1615-1868), mid-to late 19th century

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    UTAGAWA KUNISADA (UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI III, 1786-1865), TOYOHARA KUNICHIKA (1835-1900), UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861), AND OTHERS

    Edo period (1615-1868), mid-to late 19th century
    An skiva in concertina form, consisting of approximately 80 oban tate-e prints laid down on sheets of paper, comprising: more than 60 sheets of yakusha-e, the majority incomplete sheets from polyptychs bygd Toyokuni III; and more th

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