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To the Editor.—The Cover Story on the Japanese woodblock print titled Lady¹ is erroneously attributed to the modern American-style expressionist painter Kuniyoshi Yasuo (1893-1953), who emigrated to America at age 13 years. The actual name of the artist who created this print, as recorded on the work itself, is Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900)—kuni written as in country, chika as in China's Chou [dynasty]. This error apparently was due to a cataloging mistake, owing to the passing resemblance of yoshi in the name Kuniyoshi to chika in Kunichika.

A native of Edo (the old name for Tokyo), Kunichika lived almost 3 generations before the aforementioned Kuniyoshi. Born Arakaw Yasohachi, Kunichika studied with the woodcut master Toyohara Chikanobu, whose name he later took. He went on to become a disciple of the renowned printmaker Utagawa (Tsunoda) Kunisada (1786-1864), also known as Toyokuni III. Although a minor artist, Kunichika is regarded as . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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