Size: 23.7 x 36.8 cm. Utagawa Kunisada, a prominent ukiyo-e artist from the late Edo period, was a disciple of Utagawa Toyokuni I. Among Toyokuni’s students, Kunisada excelled particularly in actor portraits and bijin-ga (pictures of beautiful women), becoming the most popular artist of the late Edo period. Kunisada became Toyokuni’s apprentice in his mid-teens, […]