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.
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.jpg "Bull Lying beneath a Willow Tree by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-308645).jpg "The sumo wrestler Abumatsu Rokunosuke, c.1835 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.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")
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.jpg "Butterflies and Peonies 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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.jpg "Night Scene with Girls and Lanterns 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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_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 "One of eight views of Kanjin Sumo, pub. by Tsutaya, 19th century by Utagawa Kunisada")
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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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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-945575).jpg "Princess (Sakura hime) by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Selected Scenes from One Poem Each by One Hundred Poets: Poem by Emperor Koko 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 "The Actor Onoe Kikugoro III in the Role of Oboshi Yuranosuke by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_Combat_de_sumo_entre_Inogawa_et_Nishikigi_Estampe_de_Utagawa_Kunisada_(1786-1865_-_(MeisterDrucke-962265).jpg "Sumo Wrestling Match between Inogawa and Nishikigi by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "The Sumo Wrestler Hiodoshi Rikiya II by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Woman with a Fan in her Left Hand Combing her Hair by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Kenuki: Ichikawa Ebizo V as Kumedera Danjo by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Print, 19th century by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Kanjincho: Ichikawa Ebizo V as Togashi Saemon and Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Musashibo Benkei by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_Le_lutteur_de_sumo_Ikuzuki_Geitazaemon_Estampe_de_Utagawa_Kunisada_(1786-1865)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1010838).jpg "Sumo Wrestler Ikuzuki Geitazaemon 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 "The Garden Bathtub 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 "The village of Yatsuhashi at Okasaki, from the series")
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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 "Kanjincho: Ichikawa Ebizo V as Musashibo Benkei and Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Togashi Saemon by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Chrysanthemums by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Woman viewing Cherry Blossoms on the Bank of the Sumida River by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Ichikawa Ebizo V as Musashibo Benkei in Kanjincho by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "The Wrestler Kurokumo Tatsugoro of the Higo Stable, 1830-1844 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Courtesan likened to a painting by Moronobu, from the series")
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.jpg "Two Actors from a Kabuki Play by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Print, 19th century by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_Combat_des_lutteurs_sumo_Shitaky_Beya_et_Hidenoyama_Estampe_de_Utagawa_Kunisada_-_(MeisterDrucke-1028833).jpg "Sumo Wrestlers Shitaky Beya vs Hidenoyama by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Actors Kawarazaki Gonjuro I as Watonai Sankan R and Sawamura Tanosuke III as Kinshojo L by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "The Actor Iwai Matsunosuke as a Courtesan by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Print by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "The Actor Iwai Matsunosuke by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_Portrait_du_lutteur_de_sumo_Koyanagi_Tsunekichi_Estampe_de_Utagawa_Kunisada_-_(MeisterDrucke-1010832).jpg "Portrait of Sumo Wrestler Koyanagi Tsunekichi by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_The_garden_bathtub_par_Kunisada_(Toyokuni_III)_Utagawa_(1786-1865)_-_(MeisterDrucke-995041).jpg "The garden bathtub by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Album of Eighty-eight Prints from the Series Ogura Imitations of One Hundred Poems by Ando Hiroshige")
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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 "Fishing for Abalone by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_Portrait_du_lutteur_de_sumo_Goyogi_Kumoemon_Estampe_de_Utagawa_Kunisada_(1786-18_-_(MeisterDrucke-1028829).jpg "Portrait of the Sumo Wrestler Goyogi Kumoemon by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Courtesans Entertaining by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Seven Masks: Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Maskmaker Gakoze Akaemon and Ichikawa Ebizo V as a Mask by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_New_years_game_by_Utagawa_Kunisada_-_(MeisterDrucke-1117375).jpg "New year")
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.jpg "The Actor, Bando Mitsugoro, 1844 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "From the Series")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-229811).jpg "Memorial Portrait of Utagawa Hiroshige by Utagawa Kunisada")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-162058).jpg "Onoe Kikugoro III as Shimbei in Sukeroku yukari no Edo zakura, c.1830 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_Actors_Ichikawa_Danjuro_VII_as_Mongaku_and_Matsumoto_Koshiro_V_as_Fudo-myoo_(top_-_(MeisterDrucke-1110520).jpg "Actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Mongaku and Matsumoto Koshiro V as Fudo-myoo by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "The Snowy Garden by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Narukami: Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Narukami Shonin, Ichikawa Komazo VII as Kokuunbo, and Ichikawa Saruzo as Hakuunbo by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "The Actor Igoro Sawai by Utagawa Kunisada")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-51264).jpg "Painting and calligraphy party at the Manpachiro teahouse by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Woodcut 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 "The Courtesan Shiratama of the Tamaya by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "The Actors Horibe Yatsubei and Horibe Yajibei by Utagawa Kunisada")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-196403).jpg "Segawa Kikunojo V dancing, c.1820 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "The Actor Bando Mitsugoro IV as Kan Shojo by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Poem Illustration from a Series of 36, c. 1858 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "The Courtesans Hanamurasaki and Koshikibu of the Tamaya Promenading in the Rain by Utagawa Kunisada")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-286489).jpg "An Actor by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1031206).jpg "Kyoto: The Great Bridge at Sanjo by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "View of Arai by Utagawa Kunisada")
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 1863 (colour woodbl - (MeisterDrucke-242912).jpg "Narumi, from the Series")
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.jpg "From the series")
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.jpg "Ichkawa Danjuro VII as Kagekiyo in Kagekiyo by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Kamezo As The Warrior Monk, in a scene from Sembouzakura at the Ichimura Theatre by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_Ukiyo-e_Print_of_an_Actor_in_a_Female_Role_by_Kunisada_-_(MeisterDrucke-1027409).jpg "Actor in a Female Role by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Courtesans Promenading by Sea, mid 19th century by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Print by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-37041).jpg "The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as a Samurai Warrior by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Geisha by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Courtesan with Sake Cup by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_c_1830-1844_-_(MeisterDrucke-227983).jpg "Woman in Cloak and Hood by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_Shiki_no_Nagame_Maru-ni-I_no_Toshi_Toshi_actor_scene_from_The_Four_Seasons_-_(MeisterDrucke-1117377).jpg "Shiki no Nagame Maru-ni-I no Toshi, Toshi actor, scene from The Four Seasons by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Two Courtesans Playing Musical Instruments by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Print, 19th Century by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Print, 19th century by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Print by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1031199).jpg "View of Fuchu by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_Ichikawa_Danjuro_VII_-_(MeisterDrucke-1115787).jpg "Ichikawa Danjuro VII by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Basketry Work by Ichida Shoshichiro, 1819 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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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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_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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.jpg "Actor Sawamura Tossho in the Play Uguisuzuka")
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.jpg "Woman Washing Fabric in a Stream by Utagawa Kunisada")
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