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Utagawa Toyokuni I

1769–1825 · Japanese

Born
1769 · Shiba
Died
1825 · Edo

111 works in the Collect24 Registry

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Utagawa Toyokuni I was a great master of ukiyo-e, particularly known for his kabuki actor prints. As the second head of the Utagawa school, he elevated its fame and power.

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Utagawa Toyokuni (歌川 豊国; 1769 – 24 February 1825), also often referred to as Toyokuni I, to distinguish him from the members of his school who took over his gō (art-name) after he died, was a great master of ukiyo-e, known in particular for his kabuki actor prints. He was the second head of the renowned Utagawa school of Japanese woodblock artists, and was the artist who elevated it to the position of great fame and power it occupied for the rest of the nineteenth century.

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Selected registered works by Utagawa Toyokuni I

Selected from 111 works by Utagawa Toyokuni I in the Collect24 Registry.

Utagawa Toyokuni I, Fair Travellers Fording the River Oi

Utagawa Toyokuni I

Fair Travellers Fording the River Oi, ca. 1800

Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

35.6 × 76.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-223191

Utagawa Toyokuni I, Nakamura Utaemon III as Taira no Kiyomori

Utagawa Toyokuni I

Nakamura Utaemon III as Taira no Kiyomori, 1812

Woodblock print with metallic pigment and lacquer details

37.8 × 25.7 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-235336

Utagawa Toyokuni I, Ushiwaka-maru in Armor

Utagawa Toyokuni I

Ushiwaka-maru in Armor, 19th century

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

20.6 × 11.4 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-223179

Utagawa Toyokuni I, Träsnitt, Bildkonst, Print, Woodblock, Woodcut

Utagawa Toyokuni I

Träsnitt, Bildkonst, Print, Woodblock, Woodcut

Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities

C24-726786

Utagawa Toyokuni I, The Actor Onoe Matsusuke in the Role of Lady Iwafuji

Utagawa Toyokuni I

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke in the Role of Lady Iwafuji, ca. 1795

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

37.8 × 25.4 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-229055

Utagawa Toyokuni I, Chofu no Tamagawa

Utagawa Toyokuni I

Chofu no Tamagawa, ca. 1789

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

25.7 × 19.4 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-247404

Utagawa Toyokuni I, Women and an Infant Boy in a Public Bath House

Utagawa Toyokuni I

Women and an Infant Boy in a Public Bath House, ca. 1799

Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

38.1 × 25.4 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-224529

Utagawa Toyokuni I, Kabuki Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō III, from the series Portraits of Kabuki Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)

Utagawa Toyokuni I

Kabuki Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō III, from the series Portraits of Kabuki Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e), ca. 1794

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

39.1 × 25.7 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-269519

Utagawa Toyokuni I, The Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō 3rd (Kinokuniya)

Utagawa Toyokuni I

The Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō 3rd (Kinokuniya), ca. 1795

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; mica background

37.5 × 25.4 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-261237

Utagawa Toyokuni I, Nakayama Tomisaburo in a Female Role

Utagawa Toyokuni I

Nakayama Tomisaburo in a Female Role, 1769–1825

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

33 × 15.2 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-260591

Utagawa Toyokuni I, Act I of the Drama "Sugawara"

Utagawa Toyokuni I

Act I of the Drama "Sugawara", 1769–1825

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

30.8 × 14 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-260581

Utagawa Toyokuni I, The Actor Ichikawa Aragōrō as Yoshida no Matsuwaka-Maru

Utagawa Toyokuni I

The Actor Ichikawa Aragōrō as Yoshida no Matsuwaka-Maru, 1769–1825

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

31.4 × 13.3 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-260577

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