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Utagawa Kunisada was born in 1786 as Sumida Sh?gor? in Honjo, a district of Edo, now Tokyo, as the son of a ferryman who died shortly after Sumida's birth. The inherited ferry business ensured Sh?gor?'s existence regardless of his artistic career. Sh?gor?'s early sketches made an impression on the head of the Utagawa School: Utagawa Toyokuni (1769 - 1825). Around 1800 Sh?gor? was accepted into the Utagawa School by Toyokuni and was given an artist's name by him, which was partly composed of the name of the school and that of his master: Utagawa Kunisada (borrowed from Toyokuni).
With his color woodblock prints, which included large-format prints and book illustrations, Kunisada quickly became the most important artist of the Utagawa school. His first large-format print of 1807 remained an exception for two years. From 1809 onwards, he also produced the prints for which Kunisada became particularly famous: portraits of actors, often in Kabuki costume, and bijingas ("pictures of beautiful women"). Of Kunisada's approximately 20000 color woodblock prints (not counting illustrations for several hundred books), a full 60% are portraits of actors and 15% are bijingas. With his extensive work Kunisada is one of the most productive artists in history. At the same time, he was the trendsetter of his time and had a significant influence on other artists of the Utagawa school.
Utagawa Kunisada was born in 1786 as Sumida Sh?gor? in Honjo, a district of Edo, now Tokyo, as the son of a ferryman who died shortly after Sumida's birth. The inherited ferry business ensured Sh?gor?'s existence regardless of his artistic career. Sh?gor?'s early sketches made an impression on the head of the Utagawa School: Utagawa Toyokuni (1769 - 1825). Around 1800 Sh?gor? was accepted into the Utagawa School by Toyokuni and was given an artist's name by him, which was partly composed of the name of the school and that of his master: Utagawa Kunisada (borrowed from Toyokuni).
With his color woodblock prints, which included large-format prints and book illustrations, Kunisada quickly became the most important artist of the Utagawa school. His first large-format print of 1807 remained an exception for two years. From 1809 onwards, he also produced the prints for which Kunisada became particularly famous: portraits of actors, often in Kabuki costume, and bijingas ("pictures of beautiful women"). Of Kunisada's approximately 20000 color woodblock prints (not counting illustrations for several hundred books), a full 60% are portraits of actors and 15% are bijingas. With his extensive work Kunisada is one of the most productive artists in history. At the same time, he was the trendsetter of his time and had a significant influence on other artists of the Utagawa school.
 - (MeisterDrucke-566091).jpg "Scene from Omagasaki by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "One of eight views of Kanjin Sumo, pub. by Tsutaya, 19th century by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Triptych depicting a prince, princess and court ladies boating on a garden pond under a full moon in June, probably from the")
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.jpg "Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kan Shojo in the Mt. Tenpai Scene, from the series Famous Kabuki Plays by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_Combat_des_lutteurs_de_sumo_Uzugafuchi_et_Washigahama_Estampe_de_Utagawa_Kunisad_-_(MeisterDrucke-962269).jpg "Sumo Wrestling Match between Uzugafuchi and Washigahama by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Night Scene with Girls and Lanterns by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_Two_Women_in_a_Flower_Garden_by_Utagawa_Kunisada_woodcut_crepon_technique_-_(MeisterDrucke-1112446).jpg "Two Women in a Flower Garden by Utagawa Kunisada")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-74018).jpg "The Blood Stained Witch - Figure from Japanese Theatre, 1852 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-218713).jpg "Sea Dragon by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_Ukiyo-e_Print_of_an_Actor_Playing_a_Samurai_by_Kunisada_-_(MeisterDrucke-980074).jpg "Actor Playing a Samurai by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Scene from the Tale of Genji by Madame Murasaki by Utagawa Kunisada")
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 1843-1847 - (MeisterDrucke-152447).jpg "Courtesan Standing in Front of a Shrine by Utagawa Kunisada")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-149078).jpg "Woman surrounded by Calligraphy by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "The Courtesan Omitsu of the Yamato House by Utagawa Kunisada")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-264670).jpg "Kabuki Actor, Edo period by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Unknown aizuri-e print by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-229811).jpg "Memorial Portrait of Utagawa Hiroshige by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Autumn, Hanayashiki: A geisha with a pipe, design for a fan from a set of four illustrating the seasons by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "The Garden Bathtub by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_Ukiyo-e_Print_of_an_Actor_Playing_a_Samurai_by_Kunisada_-_(MeisterDrucke-967516).jpg "Ukiyo-e Print of an Actor Playing a Samurai by Kunisada by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "The Courtesan Shiratama of the Tamaya by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Artisans, from the series An Up-to-Date Parody of the Four Classes by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Sumo Wrestler Tsunenoyama Gorokichi, 1843 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-155100).jpg "The warrior monk Yokogawa Kakuhan, pub. 1830 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "One of the Seven Beautiful Courtesans of the Ebiya House, c. 1808-1829 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Ichkawa Danjuro VII as Kagekiyo in Kagekiyo by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_Combat_des_lutteurs_de_sumo_Shiranui_et_Jimmaku_Estampe_de_Utagawa_Kunisada_(178_-_(MeisterDrucke-1010839).jpg "Wrestling Match Shiranui vs Jimmaku by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-984596).jpg "View of Seki by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Moronao, the Villain of")
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_Kunisada_-_Hour_of_tiger_seventh_hour_of_morning_Ca_1818_Ukiyo-e_art_print_by_Utagawa_Kunis_-_(MeisterDrucke-1101821).jpg "Hour of tiger, seventh hour of morning, Ca 1818, Ukiyo-e art print by Utagawa Kunisada from The twelve hours in Yoshiwara, Japanese civilization by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "The Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the Ghost of Koheiji with wai Kumesaburo as O-Tsuka, Wife of Koheiji, Sawamura Tossho II and Kijiro in a Scene from the Play")
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.jpg "Courtesan likened to a painting by Moronobu, from the series")
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_Kunisada_-_Les_lutteurs_de_sumo_Kuroiwa_et_Zogahana_avec_une_geisha_Estampe_de_Utagawa_Kuni_-_(MeisterDrucke-941509).jpg "Sumo Wrestlers Kuroiwa and Zogahana with a Geisha by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_Choko_and_Cho-un_fighting_on_hill_ca_1836_by_Kunisada_(1786-1865)_Heroes_of_Popu_-_(MeisterDrucke-1101080).jpg "Choko and Cho-un fighting on hill, ca 1836, by Kunisada, Heroes of Popular History of the Three Kingdoms series, Ukiyo-e, Oban tate-e woodcut, Edo period, Japan by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Abalone Divers off the Coast of Ise, from an Untitled Landscape Series by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "From the series \"Famous Actors Past and Present\" by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V as the Deity Fudo Myoo Rescuing Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Honcho-maru Tsunagoro, c.1850 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-210443).jpg "The actor Bando Hikosaburo, pub. c.1850 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_Hour_of_dragon_Fifth_to_seventh_hour_of_morning_Ca_1818_Ukiyo-e_art_print_by_Uta_-_(MeisterDrucke-1101820).jpg "Hour of dragon, Fifth to seventh hour of morning, Ca 1818, Ukiyo-e art print by Utagawa Kunisada from The twelve hours in Yoshiwara by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Woodblock Print -")
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 c1845 (woodblock) - (MeisterDrucke-215254).jpg "The Flute (Yokobue), c.1845 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Hotei God by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Futami-ga-ura Rocks at Ise, Land of Dawn by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "The Actor Onoe Kikugoro III in the Role of Oboshi Yuranosuke by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "From the Series")
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.jpg "Competition of Contemporary Fashions: Sexy Beauty, 19th century by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "The village of Yatsuhashi at Okasaki, from the series")
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.jpg "A Crab on the Seashore by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Landscape in the Mist by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "From the series \"Famous Actors Past and Present\" by Utagawa Kunisada")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-166952).jpg "Actor Matsumoto Koshiro V as Noto no Kami, Edo Period, Mid 1830s by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Courtesan reading a Love Letter by Utagawa Kunisada")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-190472).jpg "Japanese Woman in the Snow by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "An advertising print of a circus owned by Hayatake Torakichi, travelling from Osaka to Ryogoku in Edo by Utagawa Kunisada")
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 mid 19th cen - (MeisterDrucke-637453).jpg "Preparations for New Year")
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_Kunisada_-_Ukiyo-e_Print_of_an_Actor_Playing_a_Samurai_by_Kunisada_-_(MeisterDrucke-935075).jpg "Actor Playing a Samurai by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Act 9, 1830-1844 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-169292).jpg "Japanese woman by the sea by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_Full_Moon_Colour_plants_and_flowers_-_(MeisterDrucke-1128887).jpg "Full Moon: Colour Plants and Flowers by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Courtesans Entertaining, triptych by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Onoe Kikugoro III as Nagoya Sanza in the Saya-ate (scabbards clashing) scene by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_The_Courtesan_Komurasaki_Playing_a_Shamisen_-_(MeisterDrucke-967455).jpg "The Courtesan Komurasaki Playing a Shamisen by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Untitled by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_Kanjin_Ozumo_(procession_de_lutteurs_de_sumo_pour_un_combat_de_collecte_de_fonds_-_(MeisterDrucke-995200).jpg "Kanjin Ozumo by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "View of Arai by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Courtesans Promenading by Sea, mid 19th century by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Basketry Work: By the Craftsman Ichida Shoshichiro of Naniwa, 1819 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Scene of Namishichi Committing Suicide from the Story Oguri Gaiden, 1847-1852 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_The_pledge_of_loyalty_in_the_peach_orchard_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1118336).jpg "The Pledge of Loyalty in the Peach Orchard by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-974714).jpg "The Fifth Month (Satsuki) by Utagawa Kunisada")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-286489).jpg "An Actor by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-146275).jpg "The actor Iwai Hanshiro V as the Greengrocer")
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.jpg "The Poet Sosei Hoshi: The actor Matsumoto Koshiro V as Ishikawa Goemon, 1852 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-984595).jpg "View of Akasaka by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_Detail_of_Character_Three_from_Five_Characters_from_a_Play_by_Toyokuni_(see_also_-_(MeisterDrucke-1114188).jpg "Detail of Character Three from")
_Kunisada_-_Detail_of_Character_Three_from_Five_Characters_from_a_Play_by_Toyokuni_(see_also_-_(MeisterDrucke-1114188).jpg)
 - (MeisterDrucke-161785).jpg "Tale of Genji, Country Style, Volume 21, Book 2 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "The Sumo Wrestler Hiodoshi Rikiya II by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "From the series")
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.jpg "Woman Putting Out a Light (from the series Modern Customs: Frost Beneath the Stars) by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Miracle at the Yaguchi Ferry by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_Night_Snow_Scene_at_Motonoyanagi_Bridge_c1825_(woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-937394).jpg "Night Snow Scene at Motonoyanagi Bridge by Utagawa Kunisada")
_Kunisada_-_Night_Snow_Scene_at_Motonoyanagi_Bridge_c1825_(woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-937394).jpg)
_Kunisada_-_Goban_migi-midare_dori_c1825_(coloured_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1099866).jpg "Goban migi-midare dori by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_September_1860_-_(MeisterDrucke-321572).jpg "(Rehearsal of a Kabuki Play), September 1860 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-566094).jpg "Kabuki Actor by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Contemporary Rendition of a Rogue: Kinezumi Kichigoro, 19th Century by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Woman Standing Beside a Plum Tree by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Two Actors from a Kabuki Play by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_Le_fleuve_Oi(traverse_par_un_lutteur_de_sumo_assis_sur_une_chaise_a_porteurs)_Es_-_(MeisterDrucke-941514).jpg "The Oi River (Crossed by a Sumo Wrestler Sitting on a Sedan Chair) by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Poem by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki Ason by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-37732).jpg "Winter, from the series")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-164980).jpg "Bando Mitsugoro IV as Sekibei and Onoe Kikugoro III as Somezone in Tsumoru koi yuki seki no to, c.1832 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_September_1860_-_(MeisterDrucke-321681).jpg "Rehearsal of a Kabuki Play, September 1860 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-218133).jpg "(Scene of the Kabuki Play Based on the Yaoya Oshichi Story) by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-945575).jpg "Princess (Sakura hime) by Utagawa Kunisada")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-637464).jpg "Untitled, 1844-1846 by Utagawa Kunisada")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-308645).jpg "The sumo wrestler Abumatsu Rokunosuke, c.1835 by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg "Fudo: Ichikawa Ebizo V as the Mystical Image of Fudo Myoo, Ichikawa Saruzo I as Kongara doji, and Ichikawa Komazo VII as Seitaka doji by Utagawa Kunisada")
.jpg "Butterflies and Peonies by Utagawa Kunisada")