Utagawa Toyokuni
(1769–1825) Japanese artist (1769-1825)
Utagawa Toyokuni (Japan, 1769–1825) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a printmaker. By year of birth, Utagawa Toyokuni belongs to the chapter ‘Edo: the floating world’ in this site’s history of art.
Utagawa Toyokuni was born in Shiba and died in Edo. Utagawa Toyokuni studied under Utagawa Toyoharu. Utagawa Toyokuni worked in Japan. Wikidata associates Utagawa Toyokuni with Utagawa school. The students included Utagawa Kunimasa, Utagawa Kuninaga, Utagawa Kunisada, and Kuniyasu.
The works belong mainly to the genres landscape painting and portrait. The catalogue has 17 works by Utagawa Toyokuni with free images. The dated works span the years 1795–1852. Works by Utagawa Toyokuni are held by several collections, among them Vanderbilt Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, and Detroit Institute of Arts.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Hosoda Eishi, Kubo Shumman, Katsushika Hokusai, Yokoi Kinkoku, and Katsukawa Shun'ei.