Utagawa Toyokuni

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Japanese | 1769 - 1825

Utagawa Toyokuni was a Japanese Asian Antiquities artist who was born in 1769. Their work is currently being shown at Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Scholten Japanese Art have featured Utagawa Toyokuni's work in the past.Utagawa Toyokuni's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 10 USD to 45,966 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 45,966 USD for An okubi-e [bust portrait] of the courtesan Yosooi of Matsuba, sold at Christie's London in 2007. In the past 12 months, their prints & graphic art have averaged 2,492 USD.Utagawa Toyokuni has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for ArtDaily in September 2025. The artist died in 1825.

Artist's alternative names: Ichiy艒sai Toyokuni鈥�, Toyokuni, Toyokuni I, Toyokuni Utagawa, Utagawa Toyokuni I

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Bijin s parasolem

By Utagawa Toyokuni

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Portrét herce Nakamura Utaemon III

By Utagawa Toyokuni

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Dannosuke Ichikawa III jako Shizuka ,1815

By Utagawa Toyokuni

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The actor Ichikawa Denkuro IV in the role of Mitaya Genjiro - Utagawa Toyokuni

The actor Ichikawa Denkuro IV in the role of Mitaya Genjiro ,1799

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Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825) Two uchiwa-e - Utagawa Toyokuni

Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825) Two uchiwa-e ,1822

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TOYOKUNI. Yakusha-e. Kabuki Theater scene. Killing in Furuichi. Triptych. - Utagawa Toyokuni

TOYOKUNI. Yakusha-e. Kabuki Theater scene. Killing in Furuichi. Triptych. ,1796

By Utagawa Toyokuni

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Portrét herce Nakamura Utaemon III

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Japanese Color Woodblock Print

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Junge Frau mit einer Falle in der Hand (Kayou-Kami - Utagawa Toyokuni

Junge Frau mit einer Falle in der Hand (Kayou-Kami ,1769

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KABUKI ACTORS

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Current Exhibitions

Rising Sun, Falling Rain: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts

Hammer Museum

Westwood | Los Angeles | California | USA

30 Aug, 2025 - 30 Nov, 2025

Past Exhibitions

Drama Queens & Kabuki Kings: Stars of Edo and Osaka

Scholten Japanese Art

New York | USA

11 Sep, 2025 - 19 Sep, 2025

Sugoi! 200 Years of Japanese Art

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts

Kalamazoo | Michigan | USA

13 May, 2023 - 24 Sep, 2023

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Articles

Japanese Woodblock Prints Shine At Hammer Museum

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Coverage

鈥� ..Consequently, it is perhaps not surprising that Sharaku鈥檚 career lasted less than a year, while Toyokuni's continued for decades... 鈥�
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HoMA, Honolulu Museum of Art

鈥� ..Ironically, because Toyokuni鈥檚 prints sold well and were thus plentiful, his work was not as appealing to later collectors, who coveted Sharaku's prints for their exceptional rarity... 鈥�
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HoMA, Honolulu Museum of Art

鈥� ..e same time, while Sharaku鈥檚 actors were usually exaggerated caricatures with grotesquely realistic facial features (especially noticeable for male actors playing female roles, or onnagata ), Toyokuni's... 鈥�
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HoMA, Honolulu Museum of Art

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