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[[File:Kuniyoshi-susanoo.jpg|right|thumb|500px|[[Susano-o]], representing the Dragon in a print series by Kuniyoshi, organized around the theme of the 12 animal signs of the zodiac.]]
*''Born: [[1797]]/11/15''
*''Born: [[1797]]/11/15''
*''Died: [[1861]]''
*''Died: [[1861]]''
*''Japanese'': [[歌川]]国芳 ''(Utagawa Kuniyoshi)''
Utagawa Kuniyoshi was an ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' artist of the early 19th century, known especially for his ''[[musha-e]]'', depictions of famous historical or legendary warriors.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi was an [[Utagawa school]] ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' artist of the early 19th century, known especially for his ''[[musha-e]]'', depictions of famous historical or legendary warriors.
Kuniyoshi got in trouble with the authorities in [[1843]], when they accused that his print depicting [[Minamoto no Raiko|Minamoto no Raikô]] and the [[tsuchigumo|Earth Spider]], a traditional theme, was a veiled reference to the current [[Shogun]], [[Tokugawa Ieyoshi]], and his controversial chief minister [[Mizuno Tadakuni]]. The authorities alleged that Raikô himself represented the shogun, the [[Shitenno|Shitennô]] (Four Deva Kings) the chief ministers, and the demon hordes the peasantry rioting against the shogunate's draconian policies and harsh taxes. Some accounts indicate that Kuniyoshi escaped the incident without punishment, while others suggest that the woodblocks used to make that set of prints were destroyed, and that Kuniyoshi was forced to pay a fine.<ref>Peter Duus, "The Marumaru Chinbun and the Origins of the Japanese Political Cartoon," ''International Journal of Comic Art'' 1 (1999), 44.</ref>
Kuniyoshi got in trouble with the authorities in [[1843]], when they accused that his print depicting [[Minamoto no Raiko|Minamoto no Raikô]] and the [[tsuchigumo|Earth Spider]], a traditional theme, was a veiled reference to the current [[Shogun]], [[Tokugawa Ieyoshi]], and his controversial chief minister [[Mizuno Tadakuni]]. The authorities alleged that Raikô himself represented the shogun, the [[Shitenno|Shitennô]] (Four Deva Kings) the chief ministers, and the demon hordes the peasantry rioting against the shogunate's draconian policies and harsh taxes. Some accounts indicate that Kuniyoshi escaped the incident without punishment, while others suggest that the woodblocks used to make that set of prints were destroyed, and that Kuniyoshi was forced to pay a fine.<ref>Peter Duus, "The Marumaru Chinbun and the Origins of the Japanese Political Cartoon," ''International Journal of Comic Art'' 1 (1999), 44.</ref>