In this artwork, how is the Yakusha-e discussed?
Kunisada entered Utagawa Toyokuni's studio from a young age, and was therefore granted access to training from the finest masters of the age, as well as valuable connections to publishers, poets' associations, theatres and actors He began creating yakusha-e (actor images) in 1808, and this genre was to become the mainstay of his fame and fortune. So esteemed and prolific was he in this area, that he earned the epithet "Kunisada, the Portraitist of Actors (yakusha-e no Kunisada)." The Tempō Reforms of 1842, which had banned depictions of geisha, oiran courtesans and kabuki actors, began to be gradually repealed from the late 1840s, which left Kunisada free to return to his favourite medium.
kabuki left Kunisada Utagawa Toyokuni