Japan: 'Kanagawa Station: Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V as Ferryman Tonbei'. From the series 'Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road' by Utagawa Kunisada I (1786-1865), 1852. Utagawa Kunisada, 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. His favourite subjects were pleasure-houses and tea ceremonies.