Utagawa Toyohiro (歌川豊広, 歌川豐廣), birth name Okajima Tōjiro (1773–1828), was a Japanese
ukiyo-e artist and
painter. He was a member of the
Utagawa school and studied under
Utagawa Toyoharu, the school's founder. His works include a number of ukiyo-e landscape series, as well as many depictions of the daily activities in the
Yoshiwara entertainment quarter; many of his stylistic features paved the way for
Hokusai and
Hiroshige (the latter a prodigy who studied under Toyohiro, becoming one of the very finest of all landscape artists), as well as producing an important series of ukiyo-e
triptychs in collaboration with
Toyokuni, and numerous book and
e-hon illustrations, which occupied him in his later years.
The ukiyo-e series he produced include the following:
Flower Arrangement of Narcissus in a Flat Green Dish
Woman Putting on Finger Plectrums to Play the Koto, hanging scroll (detail)
Print of Mt. Fuji, 1800
References
Hillier, Jack Ronald. 1970. Catalogue of the Japanese paintings and prints in the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Gale, Vol. 1, p. 346. Taylor & Francis, Dec 31, 1970.
Wendy shore,Woodbine Books 1980, Ukiyo-e published by Castle Books for Library of fine Arts p. 26