Utagawa Toyokuni
Japanese, 1769–1825
Toyokuni studied with Utagawa Toyoharu, founder of the Utagawa school, and made his name in the 1790s with vivid portraits of kabuki actors and pictures of fashionable women. His full-length series of actors in their roles, issued in 1794–96, rivalled the best of the day, and his commercial success made the Utagawa line the dominant force in Edo woodblock design. Among his many pupils were Kunisada and Kuniyoshi, who carried the school into the next generation.
Written by Ochre Editions.
- In the collection
- 8 worksDated 1787–1802
- Mostly
- Movement
- Ukiyo-eJapanese woodblock prints of the floating world: actors, courtesans, landscapes and the sea.
