Oji Inari no zu

Utagawa Toyoharu

1770 - 1775

Oji Inari no zu by Utagawa Toyoharu

Medium

color woodcut

Dimensions

171; 137

About this artwork

Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

About the Artist

Utagawa Toyoharu · 17351814

Utagawa Toyoharu (1735–1814) holds a foundational place in the history of Japanese printmaking as the founder of the prolific and long-lived Utagawa school, which would go on to produce some of the most celebrated names in ukiyo-e, including Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi. Born in what is now Hyogo Prefecture, Toyoharu moved to Edo, where he studied under Toriyama Sekien and later explored the Kano schoo...

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