Utagawa Sadafusa (歌川貞房) (artist )
Ōsawa (original family name - 大沢)Gofūtei (gō - 五楓亭)
Gokitei (gō - 五亀亭)
Gohyōtei (gō - 五飄亭)
Shinsai (gō - 震斎)
Tōchōrō (gō - 桶蝶楼)
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Biography:
Sadafusa Utagawa was a pupil of Kunisada. His prints are similar in style to those of his master. Among his favorite subjects were bijin (beautiful women), but he also created images of actors from the kabuki stage, historical and mythic figures, acrobats and game board prints. Children appear in quite a few of his prints, too.
He was active 1825-1850. He lived first in Edo, but later moved to Osaka and produced works from there.
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As an illustrator for book publishers: Iwatoya Kisaburō in 1829-30; Moriya Jihei 1830-33 and 1835.
For woodblock print publishers: Ezakiya Kichibei; Ezakiya Tatsuzō in 1841-47; Kichi in ca. 1847-48; Ōmiya Heihachi possibly (in 1816?); Nakayone ca. 1849-52; Tsujiokaya Bunsuke; Kawaguchiya Shōzō; Ueyasu in 1844; Kawaguchiya Chōzō in 1834; unknown seal but written as かゞ吉; Iseya Rihei; Tenmaya Kihei; Yamamotoya Heikichi; Moriya Jihei in the 1840s; Matsumura Tatsuemon; Iseya Heikichi in 1835; Fushimiya Zenroku in the 1830s; Uemura Yohei; Kikuya Ichibei; Isechō 1847-52; Jōshūya Jūzō in the 1830s and again in 1840; Aritaya Seiemon in the 1830s; Yamaguchiya Tobei in 1842; Kameya Iwakichi from 1847-1852; Oden ca, 1831-32; Wataya Kihei; Yahata Sakujirō.
Some of Sadafusa's publishers have yet to be identified.
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His works appear in these locations, among others: the Edo-Tokyo Museum; the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Art; Harvard; Honolulu Museum of Art; the Pushkin Museum; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo University; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the Bibliothèque nationale de France; Waseda University; the National Museum of Japanese History; the National Diet Library; the Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen; Museum of Oriental Arts, Venice; the British Museum; Ako City Museum of History; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis, Brussel; the Rijksmuseum; the Tokyo Metropolitan Library; the University of California, San Francisco library; the Minneapolis Institute of Arts; the National Museum of Asian Art; Chazen Museum of Art; University of Michigan Museum of Art; Mead Art Museum at Amherst College; the Rhode Island School of Design; the Fitzwilliam Museum; the Hankyu Culture Foundation.
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