Artist
U
Utagawa Toyokuni I
1769–1825
132130
Works
56
Years lived
Japanese (culture or style)
Style
Utagawa’s work is defined by its japanese (culture or style) sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Selected works
132130 pieces
The Fifth Month, a Set of Three (Gogatsu sambukutsui), from the series "Twelve Months by the Twin Brushes of Toyohiro and Toyokuni (Toyohiro Toyokuni ryoga juni ko)"
Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国 Japanese, 1769–1825
Gathering shell fish at low tide
Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国 Japanese, 1769–1825
Yamatoya: Iwai Hanshiro IV as Okaru, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"
Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国 Japanese, 1769–1825
A Contemporary Parody of Komachi Prays for Rain (Tosei yatsushi Amagoi Komachi)
Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国 Japanese, 1769–1825
The actor Sawamura Tozo I as Dogen no Okichi in the play "Yoshiwara Niwaka no Banzuke," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the ninth month, 1804
Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国 Japanese, 1769–1825
Courting Komachi (Kayoi Komachi), from the series Seven Fashionable Figures of Ono no Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi yatushi sugata-e)
Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国 Japanese, 1769–1825
A Chushingura Parody
Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国 Japanese, 1769–1825
The Card Game
Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国 Japanese, 1769–1825
Kneeling actor and standing beauty holding a tray of clothes, from the series "Fuji in Summer Matched with Beautiful Women (Natsu no Fuji bijin awase)"
Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国 Japanese, 1769–1825
Yamatoya: Iwai Hanshiro IV as Katanaya Ohana, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"
Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国 Japanese, 1769–1825
Tachibanaya: Ichikawa Yaozo III as Fuwa Banzaemon, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"
Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国 Japanese, 1769–1825
The actors Arashi Sanpachi I and Ichikawa Omezo I
Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国 Japanese, 1769–1825
The Mieido Fan Shop
Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国 Japanese, 1769–1825
The Young Monkey Showman (Wakashu sarumawashi)
Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国 Japanese, 1769–1825
A Windy Day under the Cherry Trees
Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国 Japanese, 1769–1825
The Courtesan Takikawa of Ogiya, from the series Seven Beautiful Komachi (Bijin nana Komachi)
Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国 Japanese, 1769–1825
Doing the Laundry by the Well Curb (Idobata no sentaku to araihari)
Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国 Japanese, 1769–1825
Hamamuraya: Segawa Kikunojo III as Shirabyoshi Hisakata, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"
Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国 Japanese, 1769–1825
Yamatoya Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kikusui in the play "Matsuwa Misao Onna Kusunoki," from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"
Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国 Japanese, 1769–1825