Utagawa Kunitsuru (歌川國鶴)
Utagawa Kunitsuru (歌川國鶴; 1807 - 1878) was a Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock artist and painter of the late Tokugawa and early Meiji period. As his professional name indicates, he was a member of the esteemed Utagawa school of woodblock printers, and more specifically was trained by disciples of Utagawa Toyokuni (歌川豊國). He was born in Edo but spent much of his career in Osaka and Yokohama. He moved to Yokohama in 1859, just as it was opening to foreign traders, and became an early purveyor of Yokohama-e prints, depicting foreigners and foreign technology in the treaty port.
AKA: 歌川國鶴
Keeping Time in Yokohama.
橫濱繁榮本町通時計臺神奈川縣全圖 / [Complete View of the Clock Tower in Yokohama's Flourishing Neighborhood of Honcho, Kanagawa Prefecture].
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A scarce and brightly-colored ukiyo-e 1874 woodblock triptych by Utagawa Kunitsuru depicting Yokohama's town hall (横浜町会所), constructed in 1874 (Meiji 7), one of many new marvels depicted in Yokohama-e prints of the era. Bridging past and present, Kunitsuru employed established nishiki-e conventions but added relatively new, vibrant pink, yellow, and purple aniline inks, most imported from Europe, that eventually became distinctive of Meiji-era woodblock prints. (more details)