Oji Inari no zu
Utagawa Toyoharu
1770 - 1775
Medium
color woodcut
Dimensions
171; 137
About this artwork
Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds
About the Artist
Utagawa Toyoharu · 1735–1814
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...