Utagawa_Kunimasa Utagawa Kunimasa(歌川 国政)(1773-1810) was a Japanese ukiyo-e printmaker and student of Utagawa Toyokuni. Originally from Aizu in Iwashiro province, he first worked in a dye shop upon arriving in Edo (now Tokyo). It was there that he was noticed by Toyokuni, to whom he became apprenticed.Kunimasa is especially known for his yakusha-e prints (役者絵, portraits of kabuki actors) and for his bijinga (美人画, pictures of beautiful women).