kunisada was "without a doubt... the most prolific and successful print artist of all time." he was incredibly prodigious, creating between 35 and 40 thousand designs for individual "ukiyo-e" prints during his lifetime. his studio was larger than that of any other print artist, and he had a large stable of several dozen students. as a further indication of his unprecedented success, when he died in 1865 after having headed the utagawa school for around 40 years, he was the subject of four separate "shini-e" memorial portraits. he is buried on the grounds of banshōin kōunji temple in present-day nakano ward, tokyo, alongside toyokuni i (1769–1825) and kunisada ii (1823–1880).