John & Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art
Reno, Nevada
The Lilley Museum of Art is located on the main campus of the University of Nevada, Reno.
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Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, b. 1786)
Japanese artist Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞), born in Tokyo in 1786, was a well-known printmaker. He was widely known for his prints related to the Ukiyo-e ("Pictures of the Floating World"), a movement that lasted from the seventeenth to nineteenth century. Kunisada created many books consisting of illustrative woodblock prints depicting themes of romance fiction, which was very popular during this period.
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