UTAGAWA Chikamaro (KAWANABE Kyosai)
Description
A print associated with the name Utagawa Chikamaro — a pen name or alternative attribution linked to Kawanabe Kyosai — reflecting the complex name-using traditions of Japanese printmakers, who often adopted multiple artistic names (go) across their careers and sometimes worked under pseudonyms for commercial or political reasons. Kyosai's association with the Utagawa school tradition is well documented, and prints bearing this attribution represent an intriguing strand in the complex web of his artistic identity.
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Tenpôzan in Osaka: Viewing Children's Sumo (Naniwa Tenpôzan kodomo sumô shôran), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô
1863
Woodblock print
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from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)
Woodblock print
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Frequently Asked Questions
UTAGAWA Chikamaro (KAWANABE Kyosai) was created by Kawanabe Kyosai (河鍋暁斎).
UTAGAWA Chikamaro (KAWANABE Kyosai) depicts figures and portraits.