Japan: A Kabuki actor playing a summer Peddler (Haiyū Mitate Natsu Shōbai). (Utagawa Kunisada, 1786-1835)
Utagawa Kunisada (1786 - January 12, 1865), 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. In his own time, his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries, Hokusai, Hiroshige, and Kuniyoshi.