Utagawa Sadafusa
Utagawa Sadafusa was an ukiyo-e artist from the Edo period. Sadafusa was a disciple of Utagawa Kunisada, of Utagawa school, his style was similar to his teacher's. A lot of his works are in bijin-e genre (pictures of beautiful women), he also created images of kabuki actors, historical and mythic heroes, acrobats and game board prints.
Utagawa Sadafusa
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- Utagawa Kunisada
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Utagawa Sadafusa was an ukiyo-e artist from the Edo period. Sadafusa was a disciple of Utagawa Kunisada, of Utagawa school, his style was similar to his teacher's. A lot of his works are in bijin-e genre (pictures of beautiful women), he also created images of kabuki actors, historical and mythic heroes, acrobats and game board prints.
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He worked between 1825 and 1850. He was from Edo, but later moved to Osaka and worked there. Sadafusa also worked as a book illustrator for Iwatoya Kisaburō in 1829-30 and Moriya Jihei 1830-33 and 1835. Sadafusa is known to have had at least one notable pupil: Utagawa Fusatane, active from 1854 to 1889, who studied under both Kunisada and Sadafusa and whose bijinga reflect the drawing style of both masters.
• Illustration — From the album "Chūgata Nishiki-e" • Illustration — From the album "Nishiki-e" • Illustration — Seated woman in black kimono. Mentioned on the object: Utagawa Sadafusa, 1826–1829, color woodcut; line block in black with color blocks; metallic pigments
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from the picture album "Nishiki-e"
Creator:Utagawa Sadafusa · National Diet Library Digital Collections: Persistent ID 1312588
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