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Crocodile Asahina

Utagawa Kuniyoshi – Asahina Yoshihide’s fight with two crocodiles in the sea off Kamakura, watched by the Shogun Yoriiye and his nobles in boats. Published by Soshu-ya Yohei c 1842-3

Utagawa Kuniyoshi – Asahina Yoshihide’s fight with two crocodiles in the sea off Kamakura, watched by the Shogun Yoriiye and his nobles in boats. Published by Soshu-ya Yohei c 1842-3
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Stray Cat Strut

Utagawa Kuniyoshi – Shimosuwa: Yaegaki-hime, from the series Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road (Kisokaidô rokujûkyû tsugi no uchi) – 1852

Utagawa Kuniyoshi – Shimosuwa: Yaegaki-hime, from the series Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road (Kisokaidô rokujûkyû tsugi no uchi) – 1852
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi Cats Week at TechnoChitlins

Wikipedia:

In this Japanese name, the family name is Utagawa.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川 国芳?, January 1, 1797[1] – April 14, 1861) was one of the last great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting.[2] He was a member of the Utagawa school.[3]

The range of Kuniyoshi’s subjects included many genres: landscapes, beautiful women, Kabuki actors, cats, and mythical animals. He is known for depictions of the battles of legendary samurai heroes.[4] His artwork incorporated aspects of Western representation in landscape painting and caricature.[2]

This guy is a wonder I’ve only recently discovered. His work runs the gamut from geishas to samurai…

This week, since this is, after all, the Internet, we’ll feature- cats.