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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.
.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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 - (MeisterDrucke-637464).jpg "Untitled, 1844-1846 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 "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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-308645).jpg "The sumo wrestler Abumatsu Rokunosuke, c.1835 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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 - (MeisterDrucke-566091).jpg "Scene from Omagasaki by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Night Scene with Girls and Lanterns 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 "One of eight views of Kanjin Sumo, pub. by Tsutaya, 19th century by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Butterflies and Peonies by Utagawa Kunisada")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-218713).jpg "Sea Dragon by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "From the series")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-210443).jpg "The actor Bando Hikosaburo, pub. c.1850 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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 - (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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.jpg "Kagekiyo: Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Chichibu Shoji Shigetada and Ichikawa Ebizo V as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo by Utagawa Kunisada")
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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 "Competition of Contemporary Fashions: Sexy Beauty, 19th century by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Night Scene with Girls and Lanterns, mid 19th century by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1033862).jpg "View of Okabe by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "From the series")
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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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.jpg "Fuwa: Ichikawa Ebizo V as Fuwa Banzaemon and Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Nagoya Sanza by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-974723).jpg "Oriental Lamp (Andon) by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "The Courtesan Shiratama of the Tamaya by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Chokichi, \"the Untamed Horse\" by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Man and Woman, from the Series The Five Chivalrous Dandies by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1033867).jpg "View of Ishibe 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1292886).jpg "Woman Leaving a Bath House (from the series Pictures from Otsu) by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Ashikaga_Mitsuuji_(C)_and_Kats_-_(MeisterDrucke-1011386).jpg "Enjoying Plum Blossoms in Spring Mist: Sodenoko (R), Ashikaga Mitsuuji (C), and Katsuragi (L) by Utagawa Kunisada")
_Ashikaga_Mitsuuji_(C)_and_Kats_-_(MeisterDrucke-1011386).jpg)
_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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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1033859).jpg "View of Numazu by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Print by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_Portrait_du_lutteur_de_sumo_Itadaki_Estampe_de_Utagawa_Kunisada_(1786-1865)_-_(MeisterDrucke-995194).jpg "Portrait of Sumo Wrestler Itadaki by Utagawa Kunisada")
_Kunisada_-_Portrait_du_lutteur_de_sumo_Itadaki_Estampe_de_Utagawa_Kunisada_(1786-1865)_-_(MeisterDrucke-995194).jpg)
_Kunisada_-_Detail_of_Character_Three_from_Five_Characters_from_a_Play_by_Toyokuni_(see_also_-_(MeisterDrucke-1114188).jpg "Detail of Character Three from")
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.jpg "Scene from the Tale of Genji by Madame Murasaki by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Print 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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 - (MeisterDrucke-149078).jpg "Woman surrounded by Calligraphy by Utagawa Kunisada")
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 and Segawa Kikunojo V as Umeo-maru 1832 (woodblock engraving) - (MeisterDrucke-64709).jpg "Actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kan Shojo (top) and Segawa Kikunojo V as Umeo-maru, 1832 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Print, 19th century by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Actors Nakayama Bungoro II as Hirayama Mushadokoro Sueshige, Ichimura Takenojo V as Kumagai Jiro Naozane, and Bando Shuka I as Mukan tayu Atsumori by Utagawa Kunisada")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-196226).jpg "The actor Onoe Waichi II as Watonai, 1857 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Futami-ga-ura Rocks at Ise, Land of Dawn by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-945558).jpg "Beauties during a Cockfight 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")
_Kunisada_-_Choko_and_Cho-un_fighting_on_hill_ca_1836_by_Kunisada_(1786-1865)_Heroes_of_Popu_-_(MeisterDrucke-1101080).jpg)
_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1031205).jpg "View of Otsu by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Print by Utagawa Kunisada")
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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 "Print, 19th century by Utagawa Kunisada")
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 mid 19th cen - (MeisterDrucke-637453).jpg "Preparations for New Year")
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.jpg "Print, 19th century by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-945692).jpg "View of Kameyama 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 "Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido: Inspired by Famous Pictures by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1011334).jpg "Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Sen by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Unknown aizuri-e print by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "The Military Tales of Han and Chu: Fan Kuai of the Han by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "View of Arai by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Kabuki Actor in a Female Role Standing with a Fan by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_Shiki_no_Nagame_Maru-ni-I_no_Toshi_Toshi_actor_scene_from_The_Four_Seasons_-_(MeisterDrucke-1103792).jpg "Shiki no Nagame Maru-ni-I no Toshi, Toshi actor, scene from The Four Seasons 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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 - (MeisterDrucke-74018).jpg "The Blood Stained Witch - Figure from Japanese Theatre, 1852 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_Woman_with_a_Rigid_Fan_by_Utagawa_Kunisada_woodcut_nishiki-e_technique_-_(MeisterDrucke-1110806).jpg "Woman with a Rigid Fan by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-974714).jpg "The Fifth Month (Satsuki) by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Iwai Kumesaburo II as a Courtesan, c.1830 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 "Three Actors on Stage: Kumagai Naozane by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-945560).jpg "Cherry Blossom Trees at Atagoyama 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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.jpg "The Wrestlers Unjo_dake and Kurokumo (1843-1847) by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Utagawa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-71211).jpg "Illustration from")
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.jpg "Moon from the Series")
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.jpg "Print, 19th Century by Utagawa Kunisada")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-161785).jpg "Tale of Genji, Country Style, Volume 21, Book 2 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Actors Nakamura Shikan II as Kumagai Naozane, Ichikawa Ebizo V as Minamoto no Yoshitsune, and Arashi Kanjuro I as Yahei Hyoe Munekiyo by Utagawa Kunisada")
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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 "Print, 19th century 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 "Woman Washing Fabric in a Stream 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 "A View of the Large New Room at Sakurai by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Illusion, November 1857 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Print, 1854 year of the Horse, 7th month by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1011401).jpg "View of Mariko by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Actors Segawa Kikunojo V as Kiku no Mae, Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Okabe no Rokuyata, and Sawamura Gennosuke II as Satsuma no Kami Tadanori by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Grinding Ink for Writing a Letter of Reply, Inspired from the Inaka Genji, 1851 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 "Courtesan likened to a painting by Moronobu, from the series")
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.jpg "Poem Illustration from a Series of 36, c. 1858 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Portrait of Arashi Kichizaburo III 1810-1864 in the Role of Baiomaru, ca. 1840 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_Kunisada_-_Shiki_no_Nagame_Maru-ni-I_no_Toshi_Toshi_actor_scene_from_The_Four_Seasons_-_(MeisterDrucke-1103549).jpg "Shiki no Nagame Maru-ni-I no Toshi, Toshi actor, scene from The Four Seasons by Utagawa Kunisada")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1033864).jpg "View of Fujikawa by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Ichikawa Danjūrō VII as Asahina no Saburō by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "Portrait, 1786-1865 by Utagawa Kunisada")
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.jpg "The Actor Bando Mitsugoro IV as Kan Shojo by Utagawa Kunisada")
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