#nomura yoshikuni

[tierradentro]

“Bat Against Full Moon”, late 19th century, Nomura Yoshikuni.

[thekimonogallery]

Night cherry by Nomura Yoshikuni, late 19th century

[dfmcallister]

“Bat Against Full Moon”, late 19th century, Nomura Yoshikuni.

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Japanese Circus Acrobats

A colorful Japanese toy print turned up unexpectedly this week. Publication information at the lower right tells us the artist of the nine vignettes was Nomura Yoshikuni and that it was published by Shichihōdō in Kyōto, Japan around 1890. Nomura Yoshimitsu (Yoshikuni III) 1855-1903 was the grandson of Utagawa Yoshikuni I, who was a pupil of Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). The acrobats are called…

[heaveninawildflower]

Flowers and butterflies by Nomura Yoshikuni (1855 - 1903) from an album of sample prints by various Japanese artists,

Image and text courtesy Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Robert O. Muller Collection.