Utagawa Toyoharu
1735-1814
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- Description
- A disciple of Toriyama Sekien. There are theories that he was a disciple of Nishimura Shigenaga and Ishikawa Toyonobu, and also a theory that he became a disciple of Toriyama Sekien after learning from Tsurusawa Tangei of the Kano school in Kyoto. The founder of the Utagawa school. Worked on a large number of uki-e (perspective pictures) while making perspective expression more accurate than before and building a foundation for nishiki-e (brocade pictures) landscapes.
- Active period
- Meiwa 5(1768)?-the year of death
- Other Name(s)
- Ichiryusai, Senryusai, Shojiro
