However, unlike popular contemporaries among Ukiyo-e artists such as Hokusai KATSUSHIKA and Hiroshige UTAGAWA, Kuniyoshi was not well known or highly appreciated in Japan.
しかし国芳は、同時代に活動した葛飾北斎や歌川広重らの人気絵師に比べ、日本における知名度や評価は必ずしも高いとは言えなかった。