
Utagawa Yoshitaki (歌川 芳滝; April 13, 1841 – June 28, 1899), who is also known asIchiyōsai Yoshitaki (一養斎 芳滝), was a Japanese designer ofukiyo-e woodblock prints who was active in bothEdo (Tokyo) andOsaka. He was also a painter and newspaper illustrator. His father was a paste merchant, and Yoshitaki became a student ofUtagawa Yoshiume (1819–1879). Yoshitaki was the most prolific designer ofwoodblock prints inOsaka from the 1860s to the 1880s, producing more than 1,200 different prints, almost all ofkabuki actors.