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Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print artist in the late Edo period

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Utagawa Kuniteru was an ukiyo-e artist in the tradition of the Utagawa school. Born in Edo (Tokyo), he studied under both Kunisada and Toyokuni I.

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Kuniteru's print represents a scene from the Kabuki play Nihon Furisode Hajime, in which Emperor Gozu (posthumously deified as Susanoo-no-Mikoto) kills a dragon to save Princess Inada.

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Utagawa Kuniteru was an ukiyo-e artist in the tradition of the Utagawa school. Born in Edo (Tokyo), he studied under both Kunisada and Toyokuni I. He produced prints of a wide variety of subjects, including many depicting the increasing Western influence on Japan, with his main output taking the form of book illustrations and single-sheet ukiyo-e.

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