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Utagawa Kuniyoshi
An underdog artist pits monsters vs. superheroes
In 1811, the 14-year-old son of a silk-dyer was admitted to Japan’s famous Utagawa school of printing. The boy was named Yoshisaburo, but the school’s master, Toyokuni Utagawa gave him a new name: Kuniyoshi Utagawa. This name lives in history as the artist who brought Japan’s ghosts, demons and heroes to raging, colorful life. read more