Utagawa Yoshitaki (歌川 芳滝, April 13, 1841 – June 28, 1899), who is also known as Ichiyōsai Yoshitaki (一養斎 芳滝), was a Japanese designer of
ukiyo-e woodblock prints who was active in both
Edo (Tokyo) and
Osaka. He was also a painter and newspaper illustrator. His father was a paste merchant, and Yoshitaki became a student of
Utagawa Yoshiume (1819–1879). Yoshitaki was the most prolific designer of
woodblock prints in
Osaka from the 1860s to the 1880s, producing more than 1,200 different prints, almost all of
kabuki actors.
Gallery
Woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshitaki of
kabuki actor
Enjaku Jitsukawa I as Saijō Takanori in the March 1873 Osaka Ebisu-za production of Seinan Yume Monogatari