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*''Born: [[1769]]''
*''Died: [[1825]]''
*''Japanese'': [[歌川]] 豊国 ''(Utagawa Toyokuni)''
Utagawa Toyokuni was one of the great ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' artists of the late 18th to early 19th centuries, and was the head of the [[Utagawa school]] for a time.
Born in [[Edo]] in [[1769]] the son of doll/puppet maker Kurahashi Gorôbei, he spent his childhood living in the neighborhood near Shiba Shinmei Shrine (also known as [[Shiba Daijingu|Shiba Daijingû]]).
In his mid-teens he began to study painting and woodblock design under [[Utagawa Toyoharu]]. His oldest known print to be published is one from [[1785]], depicting [[kabuki]] actor [[Mimasu Tokujiro I|Mimasu Tokujirô I]] as a female [[ashigaru]].
Toyokuni then went on to produce privately commissioned ''[[surimono]]'', illustrations for ''[[kibyoshi|kibyôshi]]'' fiction volumes, and calendars, among other works. Beginning in the Kansei era (1789-1801) he produced numerous ''[[bijinga]]'' (images of beautiful women).
Utagawa Kunisada took the name Toyokuni (III) in [[1844]].
*''Died: [[1825]]''
*''Japanese'': [[歌川]] 豊国 ''(Utagawa Toyokuni)''
Utagawa Toyokuni was one of the great ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' artists of the late 18th to early 19th centuries, and was the head of the [[Utagawa school]] for a time.
Born in [[Edo]] in [[1769]] the son of doll/puppet maker Kurahashi Gorôbei, he spent his childhood living in the neighborhood near Shiba Shinmei Shrine (also known as [[Shiba Daijingu|Shiba Daijingû]]).
In his mid-teens he began to study painting and woodblock design under [[Utagawa Toyoharu]]. His oldest known print to be published is one from [[1785]], depicting [[kabuki]] actor [[Mimasu Tokujiro I|Mimasu Tokujirô I]] as a female [[ashigaru]].
Toyokuni then went on to produce privately commissioned ''[[surimono]]'', illustrations for ''[[kibyoshi|kibyôshi]]'' fiction volumes, and calendars, among other works. Beginning in the Kansei era (1789-1801) he produced numerous ''[[bijinga]]'' (images of beautiful women).
Utagawa Kunisada took the name Toyokuni (III) in [[1844]].
