Biography

Yoshiume     

Japanese Characters:
Names:	Yoshiume; Ichiôsai Yoshiume (see signature at left); Yabairô Yoshiume
Dates:	1819-1879; active circa 1841-1850s
Seals:

Comments:

Surname Nakajima; personal name Tôsuke; Osaka address at Horie; pupil of the Edo master Utagawa Kuniyoshi.

Pupils include Yoshitaki; Umeyuki; Yoshimine; Yoshihide; Yoshiharu; Yoshiyuki; Umehide; Yoshimitsu; Yoshimasu.

Roger Keyes states that Yoshiume was primarily an illustrator — see TWOP in the Bibliography.

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