Toyohiro Utagawa

Background

Toyohiro Utagawa was born in 1773 in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan.

Education

Toyohiro Utagawa studied art under Toyoharu Utagawa.

Career

Toyohiro Utagawa was a member of the Utagawa school and studied under Utagawa Toyoharu, the school's founder. His works include a number of ukiyo-e landscape series,as well as many depictions of the daily activities in the Yoshiwara entertainment quarter. Many of his stylistic features paved the way for Hokusai and Hiroshige, as well as producing an important series of ukiyo-e triptychs in collaboration with Toyokuni, and numerous book and e-hon illustrations, which occupied him in his later years.

Works

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• Other Work

  • Version of Legend of Michizane: Woman Riding Ox Which a Man is Leading
  • Owl and Two Swallows
  • Four Accomplishments