Japan: The Actor Onoe Kikugoro III as the Ghost of Monk Seigen, from the series 'Modern Versions of the Thirty-Six Poets' (Mitate sanjurokkasen no uchi). Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), 1852

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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