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Kuniyoshi

American  
[koo-nee-yoh-shee, koo-nee-yaw-shee] / ˌku niˈyoʊ ʃi, ˈku niˈyɔ ʃi /

noun

  1. Yasuo 1893–1953, U.S. painter, born in Japan.


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A dramatic print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi shows Tokiwa braced against the driving snow, sheltering her children in the folds of her robes so that only their feet and faces are visible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Jonathan “The Road Warrior” Goulet made history, becoming the first Canadian fighter to win a UFC bout on home soil when he stopped Kuniyoshi Hironaka.

From Washington Times • Apr. 17, 2015

Kuniyoshi, a Japanese-born painter who was one of the most idiosyncratic and expressive artists of his time, moved to the United States as a teenager in 1906 and lived here until his death in 1953.

From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2015

"We have high hopes that the results of this project will be disseminated throughout the world," said Hiroshi Kuniyoshi, executive director of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2014

To Sidney Colvin I forget what the Japanese prints were which I had been sending to Stevenson at his wish, but they sound like specimens of Hiroshig� and Kuniyoshi.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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