Utagawa Toyoharu
Japanese, 1735–1814
- Names
歌川豊春
Utagawa Toyoharu
- Active
Kyoto 1735 - 1763
Tokyo 1763 - 1814
- Occupation or Type
painter
print designer
- Bio
Utagawa Toyoharu is known to print collectors as a master of uki-e (landscapes employing one-point perspective).
Toyoharu lived in Kyoto, studied painting under a Kanô master before moving to Edo around 1763. His interest in creating the illustion of depth, using exaggerated one-point perspective, led him to a series of woodblock-print designs that captialized on the depiction of expansive space.
Utagawa Toyoharu was famous for his perspective prints, in which he created dynamic spatial recession by combining elements of Western-inspired one-point perspective with the traditional Asian bird's-eye viewpoint.
- Gender
Male
- Related People
Teacher of: Utagawa Toyohiro (Japanese, 1773-1828)
