Japan: Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the Ghost of Shizuhata and Otani Tomoemon IV as Akaboshi Daihachi. Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), 1854

Utagawa Kunisada (also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III) was the most popular, prolific and financially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan.

In his own time, his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries, Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi.

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