The Utagawa Kuniyoshi Collection

This is the Ibasen Kuniyoshi Collection, featuring motifs from the works of Utagawa Kuniyoshi, a leading ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period.

You can enjoy ukiyo-e prints brimming with Kuniyoshi’s signature humor and playfulness—such as “53 Cats” and “Cat Homophones”—featured on Edo fan, fans, and other Japanese-style goods. These items are perfect as gifts for cat lovers or as unique Japanese-style presents.

At the bottom of the page, we introduce two works by Utagawa Kuniyoshi where you can see the Ibasen publisher’s mark.

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Edo pattern folding fan No.06 Cat-keeper's favorite

Edo pattern folding fan No.06 Cat-keeper's favorite
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Edo fan No.10 Ukiyoe, Cat-owner's favorite 53 cats, under Kuniyoshi

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Edo fan No.9 Ukiyoe, Cat-owner's favorite 53 cats, Kuniyoshi in the middle

Edo fan No.9 Ukiyoe, Cat-owner's favorite 53 cats, Kuniyoshi in the middle
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Edo fan No.8 Ukiyoe, Cat-owner's favorite 53 cats, No.1 Kuniyoshi

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Edo fan No. 7: Ukiyo-e—Cat Kanji Substitutions—Kuniyoshi

Edo fan No. 7: Ukiyo-e—Cat Kanji Substitutions—Kuniyoshi
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old name of Tokyoround fanUkiyoe: Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Morotori yasuri zukuri

old name of Tokyoround fanUkiyoe: Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Morotori yasuri zukuri
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old name of Tokyoround fanUkiyoe: Kuniyoshi Utagawa, The cat's prosperity in the dark moonlight

old name of Tokyoround fanUkiyoe: Kuniyoshi Utagawa, The cat's prosperity in the dark moonlight
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As it is, Jiguchi, cat-owner's favorite 53 small furoshiki (small furoshiki)

As it is, Jiguchi, cat-owner's favorite 53 small furoshiki (small furoshiki)
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As it is, Jiguchi, cat-owner's favorite 53 hand towels

As it is, Jiguchi, cat-owner's favorite 53 hand towels
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Kuniyoshi Rokkamori Clear File

Kuniyoshi Rokkamori Clear File
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old name of Tokyoround fanUkiyoe, Kuniyoshi, painted mirror stand, Gogaga body

old name of Tokyoround fanUkiyoe, Kuniyoshi, painted mirror stand, Gogaga body
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old name of Tokyoround fanUkiyoe, Kuniyoshi, Rokka-mori

old name of Tokyoround fanUkiyoe, Kuniyoshi, Rokka-mori
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[Personalisation only]Edo fan No.10 Ukiyoe, Cat-owner's favorite 53 cats, under Kuniyoshi

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[Personalisation only]Edo fan No.9 Ukiyoe, Cat-owner's favorite 53 cats, Kuniyoshi in the middle

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[Personalisation only]Edo fan No.8 Ukiyoe, Cat-owner's favorite 53 cats, No.1 Kuniyoshi

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[Personalisation only]Edo fan No.7 Ukiyoe, cat's guess, Kuniyoshi

[Personalisation only]Edo fan No.7 Ukiyoe, cat's guess, Kuniyoshi
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi

"Specters by Tsuchigumo of the Minamoto no Yorimitsu Collection

（Minamoto Mitsuko Yorimitsu Koukan Tsuchigumo Saku Yokai no Zu" (The Spider and the Spider Specter by Minamoto Mitsuko Yorimitsu)

1843, large-format nishiki-e (brocade), 3 prints in sequence


Minamoto no Yorimitsu, who is said to have vanquished the "drinking spiders" of Mount Oeyama, is being tormented by the "Tsuchigumo" (earth spider) demons.

There are other paintings of the extermination of demons on Mt. The pattern of Yorimitsu's wobbly kimono is a sheath-shaped pattern, which means that the 12th shogun, Tokugawa Iekei, is the Yorimitsu.

The common people of Edo, who had grown weary of Mizuno's prohibition policy, began to buy these ukiyo-e prints in droves.

And the publisherIbasenThe letters "ukiyoe" and "ukiyoe" are the characters of "ukiyoe". The enthusiasm of the people was so great thatIbasenwas not to blame for the quick arrangement of retrieving the painting and scraping the woodblocks. Well, well, well...

The publisherIbasenKuniyoshi and the Utagawa school, to which Kuniyoshi belonged, were both government contractors, so to speak, serving the Edo Shogunate. The Utagawa school, to which Kuniyoshi belonged, was also under the government service, so to speak, and its rights were never revoked.



"A waste of writing on the wall of the Hago Hozang

（The Wasted Calligraphy on the Cargo Storehouse Wall)

Circa 1847 (Koka 4)



Since the Tempo Reforms, there had been an injunction against the publication of yakusha ukiyoe. In an attempt to get them published, artists and publishers devised new ways of publishing them.

The artists and publishers tried to get their works published, but the people said, "This is not Ukiyo-e, it is a graffiti. It is a graffiti.

People at that time could see Utaemon, Koshiro, and Umeko. The cat in the middle is a two-tailed cat. They are dancing happily.

This kind of playful spirit is what makes us feel luxurious.

These are called nugie (nail paintings), and they are paintings that Kuniyoshi wrote in the form of graffiti scratched with a nail.
There are also other portraits of actors, such as "Shiro-menjyo-rokka-no-mudagaki" (White face laughing wall).

The signatures and the publisher's name (Kuniyoshi Egaku) are also used.IbasenThe publisher's seal is also written in the same nail-painting style. It is the same kind of painstaking work that can be seen in today's comic books.