Japan: Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Marino Kanemitsu (R), Ichikawa Kodanji as Ghost of Kamada Matahachi (Kamada Matahachi borei) and Ghost of Kikuno (Kikuno ga borei) (C), and Iwai Kumesaburo III as the Nun Kyodai (L). Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), 1855

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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