Utagawa Toyoshige
ARTISTUtagawa Toyokuni II (1777–1835), also known as Toyoshige, was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints in Edo. He was also known as Gosotei Toyokuni or Hongo Toyokuni, the latter in reference to the district of Edo in which he lived, and over his career he also used the gō Ichibetsusai, Ichiesai and Ichiryūsai. He was the pupil, son-in-law and adopted son of Toyokuni I. The former used the name Toyoshige (豊重) until 1826, the year after his teacher's death, when the family gave him the right to use his teacher's name and he began signing his work Toyokuni (豊国). In 1835 he died, and in 1844 the family persuaded Kunisada, the most famous student of Toyokuni I, to use the name "Toyokuni" and become leader of the school. Although Kunisada never recognised Toyoshige's right to the name Toyokuni, nevertheless Kunisada after 1844 is always referred to as Toyokuni III.
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Utagawa Toyokuni II (1777–1835), also known as Toyoshige, was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints in Edo. He was also known as Gosotei Toyokuni or Hongo Toyokuni, the latter in reference to the district of Edo in which he lived, and over his career he also used the gō Ichibetsusai, Ichiesai and Ichiryūsai. He was the pupil, son-in-law and adopted son of Toyokuni I. The former used the name Toyoshige (豊重) until 1826, the year after his teacher's death, when the family gave him the right to use his teacher's name and he began signing his work Toyokuni (豊国). In 1835 he died, and in 1844 the family persuaded Kunisada, the most famous student of Toyokuni I, to use the name "Toyokuni" and become leader of the school. Although Kunisada never recognised Toyoshige's right to the name Toyokuni, nevertheless Kunisada after 1844 is always referred to as Toyokuni III.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
At a glance
Most of Utagawa Toyoshige's work on the site falls under Prints (5).
By movement, it's catalogued as Edo period (1615–1868) (5).
Culture: Japanese (5).
By orientation: 3 landscape, 2 portrait.
Other Japanese artists of the period
Artists from the same country and generation, also in the archive:
- Katsushika Hokusai — 1,000 artworks
- Kitagawa Utamaro — 649 artworks
- Totoya Hokkei — 195 artworks
- Utagawa Toyokuni I — 192 artworks
- Toyokuni Utagawa — 123 artworks
- Utagawa Toyohiro — 64 artworks
- Tani Bunchō — 43 artworks
- Okada Hankō — 18 artworks
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