# Danjūrō VII's Benkei as Fudō Myōō, in The Floating World

Utagawa Kunisada designed this in about 1824, aged about 28. It is now at The Met in New York.

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1824
- Medium: Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: 8 7/16 x 7 3/8 in. (21.4 x 18.7 cm)
- Type: Prints
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, JP1251
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Utagawa Kunisada](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/utagawa-kunisada), Japanese, 1786–1865

Kunisada entered Utagawa Toyokuni’s studio as a teenager and became the most prolific and commercially successful designer of his age, producing tens of thousands of designs.

6 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Utagawa Kunisada](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/utagawa-kunisada?hang=749) (6 works)
- [More prints of the 19th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/print-19?hang=749) (159 works)
- [19th-century Japan](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/19-japan?hang=749) (99 works)

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