Utagawa Kunihisa II (二代目]歌川国久) (artist 1832 – 1891)
Katsuda Hisatarō (family name - 勝田久太郎)Ichiunsai (gō - 一雲斎)
Ritchōrō (gō - 立蝶楼)
Toyonobu (gō - 豊宣)
Yōryūsai (gō - 陽竜斎)
Yōsai (gō - 陽斎)
Ichiryūsai (found in a signature in 1863)
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Biography:
Kunihisa II was Kunisada's pupil, collaborator and son-in-law. He was born in Yokohama. He created many of the landscapes that accompany Kunisada's figures. His work can be found in the Ashmolean, the Idemitsu Museum, the Newark Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum, Oberlin College, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Tokyo Metropolitan Library, Waseda University Library among others.
General source: A Dictionary of Japanese Artists: Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Prints, Lacquer by Laurance P. Roberts, Weatherhill, 1976, page 95.
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He was adopted by Kunisada after he married his fourth daughter. He died on February 5, 1891. Some accounts say he was born in Edo. Known to have produced sumō, beautiful women, musha-e, fan and Yokohama prints.
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Published by Kakumotoya Kinjirō (1858), Fujiokaya Keijirō (1858), Daikokuya Heikichi (1862), Maruya Tetsujirō (1863), Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (1857, 1861 & 1866), Iseya Magobei and Iseya Kanekichi (1859).