Utagawa Toyoharu
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Utagawa Toyoharu was a Japanese artist in the ukiyo-e genre, known as the founder of the Utagawa school and for his uki-e pictures that incorporated Western-style geometrical perspective to create a s
A Perspective View of French Churches in Holland, actually based on a print of the Roman Forum, c. 1770s
Perspective Pictures of Places in Japan: Sanjūsangen-dō in Kyoto, depicting an archery competition, c. 1772–1781
The Canal Grande from Santa Croce to the East Canaletto, oil on canvas, 18th century
The Canal Grande from Santa Croce to the East Antonio Visentini, copperplate engraving, 1742
Kunisada
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Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist. He is considered the most popular, prolific and commercially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19t
Woodblock print portrait of Utagawa Kunisada, at the age of 80 years, dated January 1865. This memorial portrait was designed by his principal student, Kunisada II, and is one of the few known images of Kunisada.
Twilight snowfall at Ueno, famous example of beauty portraits, c. 1850
Snow Scene
The Hours of the Yoshiwara, c. 1818, from a well-known early bijin-ga series by Kunisada