{"product_id":"5246-japanese-music-kunisada-aka-toyokuni-iii-japanese-woodblock-print-in-colour-depicting-samisen-player","title":"[Japanese Music] Kunisada aka Toyokuni III. (1786-1865) Japanese woodblock print in colour depicting samisen (stringed instrument) player","description":"Ca. 1861, number twelve of the series \"36 Beautiful Women of Yoshiwara.\" 374 x 244 mm. Slightly worn, one edge irregularly trimmed ever so slightly, but overall fine. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKunisada was the most prolific of all the Ukiyo-e artists. He studied under Utagawa Toyokuni (from which he adopted the \"kuni\" name) and excelled primarily as a designer of kabuki actor prints and portraits of women. He also designed a large number of shunga (erotica pictures) in book format. He was a noted poet and a member of a prestigious literary circle that included popular writers Shikitei Sanba and Santo Kyoden.\u003cbr\u003e Kunisada supplanted his master's adopted son and son-in-law Toyokuni II in 1844 and due to this succession, he is widely referred to as Toyokuni III.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093251182751,"sku":"5246","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Toyokuni_III_japanese_music_print.jpg?v=1722186863","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/5246-japanese-music-kunisada-aka-toyokuni-iii-japanese-woodblock-print-in-colour-depicting-samisen-player","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}