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Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周)
Kunichika TOYOHARA (1835 - 1900) was an ukiyo-e (Japanese woodblock prints) artist who lived from the end of Edo period to Meiji period.
His main name was Arakawa, and he went by the familiar name of Yasoya.
He was born as one of the two brothers, and as the second son of Tsuku Oshimaya who operated a bathhouse called Tsuku Oshimaya in Gorocho of the Kyobashi district in Edo (some mentions that the family was the landlord of a building located at 7-chome in Sanjikkenbori of the same district).
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His mother was Yae, the daughter of doshin police constable Sannojo ARAKAWA.
In addition to Kunichika, his artist's appellation included Ichiosai, Hoshunro, Kachoro and Itto. It is said that he came to choose TOYOHARA for his main artist name in order to always remember the debt of gratitude he owed to Chikanobu TOYOHARA.
When he was small, he was so mischievous that he drew complaints from his neighbors. But he already showed his promising talent in painting