Kuniteru Utagawa the 2nd generation
Tenpo 1st (1830) born, Meiji 7th (1874) died.
A disciple of Toyokuni Utagawa the 3rd. Signed as Ichiyusai-sai, Ichiyo-sai and Yosai.
From around Bunkyu, he began drawing activities under the name of Kunitsuna Utagawa the 2nd or Ichiran-sai Kunitsuna.
It is believed that he changed his name to Kuniteru in around Keio 1st (1865).
In the days of Kunitsuna, he was active in caricature drawings, road landscapes, and actors' paintings.
After being Kimiteru, he had created “the Tokyo famous views” and “Tokyo landscapes”, including “the Tokyo Twelve Scenery”, which he had collaborated with Kunimasa Utagawa the 4th.
There are also quite a lot of railway pictures such as "Tokyo Shiodome Railway steam train passage picture", and the depiction of the steam locomotive is observed and drawn much more finely than other painters. The works depicting the opening of the Meiji period from the end of the Bakumatsu period are noteworthy as materials.
A disciple of Toyokuni Utagawa the 3rd. Signed as Ichiyusai-sai, Ichiyo-sai and Yosai.
From around Bunkyu, he began drawing activities under the name of Kunitsuna Utagawa the 2nd or Ichiran-sai Kunitsuna.
It is believed that he changed his name to Kuniteru in around Keio 1st (1865).
In the days of Kunitsuna, he was active in caricature drawings, road landscapes, and actors' paintings.
After being Kimiteru, he had created “the Tokyo famous views” and “Tokyo landscapes”, including “the Tokyo Twelve Scenery”, which he had collaborated with Kunimasa Utagawa the 4th.
There are also quite a lot of railway pictures such as "Tokyo Shiodome Railway steam train passage picture", and the depiction of the steam locomotive is observed and drawn much more finely than other painters. The works depicting the opening of the Meiji period from the end of the Bakumatsu period are noteworthy as materials.