Utagawa Toyokuni I

The authorities additionally record the headings Toyokuni I, Utagawa Toyokuni, Ichiyōsai, Toyokuni Utagawa and Ichiyōsai Toyokuni. His recorded language was Japanese.

2 children are recorded: Toyotoshi Utagawa and Utagawa Kunikame. Other recorded relations include Utagawa Toyokuni II.

He trained under Utagawa Toyoharu.

As a teacher, Utagawa Toyokuni I is recorded in connection with Utagawa Kunimasa, Utagawa Kuninaga, Utagawa Kunisada, Kuniyasu, Utagawa Kuninao and Utagawa Toyokuni II. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.

Work by Utagawa Toyokuni I is held by Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museo del Prado, Auckland Art Gallery and Finnish National Gallery.

50 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1789 to 1856.

Eijudō Hibino at Seventy-one, dated 1799, held by Royal Ontario Museum. Ichikawa Omezō as a Pilgrim and Ichikawa Yaozō as a Samurai, dated 1801, held by Royal Ontario Museum. Three women in front of Ryōgoku bridge, held by Ashmolean Museum, inventory EAX.4151.a. Women and children in front of Ryōgoku bridge, held by Ashmolean Museum, inventory EAX.4151.b. Figures in front of Ryōgoku bridge, held by Ashmolean Museum, inventory EAX.4151.c. Ryōgoku bridge with figures in the foreground, held by Ashmolean Museum, inventory EAX.4151. Women talking in a bath house, dated 1797, held by Ashmolean Museum, inventory EAX.4676.a. A bathing woman and a maid in a bath house, dated 1797, held by Ashmolean Museum, inventory EAX.4676.b. A woman in a bath house talking to a man through the window, dated 1797, held by Ashmolean Museum, inventory EAX.4676.c. Women in a bath house, dated 1797, held by Ashmolean Museum, inventory EAX.4676. Portrait of Kinokuniya Bunzaemon, dated 1812, held by Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1985.276. Beauty Blotting Her Lip Rouge, dated 1800, held by Detroit Institute of Arts, inventory 1984.20. Courtesan and her Maid Admiring Cherry Blossoms, dated 1800, held by Seattle Art Museum, inventory 2015.17.1. Scroll painting with seated figure, held by Seattle Art Museum, inventory 35.650. Bandō Mitsugorō II as Shinbei in the Kabuki Play "Sukeroku", dated 1797, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2015.300.147. Woman and Attendant, dated 1795, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 36.100.86. Scene #10 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura), held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art, inventory 1992.317. Scene #11 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura), held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art, inventory 1992.318. Scene #2 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura), held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art, inventory 1992.310. Scene #3 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura), held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art, inventory 1992.311. Scene #5 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura), held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art, inventory 1992.312. Scene #6 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura), held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art, inventory 1992.313. Scene #7 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura), held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art, inventory 1992.314. Scene #8 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura), held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art, inventory 1992.315. Scene #9 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura), held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art, inventory 1992.316. Scene from a Kabuki Play, dated 1852, held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art, inventory 1972.037. Kabuki Actor in the Role of a Samurai Confronting a Snake, from the Series entitled "Portraits of Actors on the Stage" (reproduction), held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art, inventory 1995.042. Portrait of a high-ranking samurai, dated 1803, held by Princeton Art Museum, inventory 2014-44. Segawa Kikunojō III as the Shirabyōshi in “Musume Dōjōji”, dated 1797, held by Harvard Art Museums, inventory TL42147.45. Danjūrō butai nigao-e. Fūryū yakusha jigao 5 sekku. 7 hon yari kōmyō no zu. The Courtesan Takigawa of the Ōgiya Brothel, from the series Seven Beautiful Komachi, dated ca. 1794, woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory JP1746. The Fourth Month, dated ca. 1801, two sheets of a triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory JP664. Keisei Ichikawa Denzo, dated ca. 1797–1800, woodblock print; ink and color on paper, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory JP3685. New Year's Celebration in a Large Mansion, dated ca. 1791, triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory JP201. The Fifth Month, a Set of Three (Gogatsu sambukutsui), from the series "Twelve Months by the Twin Brushes of Toyohiro and Toyokuni (Toyohiro Toyokuni ryoga juni ko)", dated c. 1798, color woodblock prints; oban triptych, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1925.2315. Gathering shell fish at low tide, dated c. 1789/1801, color woodblock print; oban triptych, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1935.155. Yamatoya: Iwai Hanshiro IV as Okaru, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)", dated 1795, color woodblock print; oban, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1925.3140. Crowds on a Bridge, dated n.d., color woodblock prints; oban triptych, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1958.162. A Contemporary Parody of Komachi Prays for Rain (Tosei yatsushi Amagoi Komachi), dated c. 1792, color woodblock print; oban, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1925.3131. The actor Sawamura Tozo I as Dogen no Okichi in the play "Yoshiwara Niwaka no Banzuke," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the ninth month, 1804, dated 1804, color woodblock print; oban, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1961.204. Kameido Jenmangū shrine, east of Edo. Colour woodcut by Toyokuni, 1790s., dated [between 1790 and 1799], held by Wellcome Collection. Actors as a kneeling old man, Chūsuke, offering a packet to a standing ruffian, Kirare Yosa. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1856., dated Month 11, 1856, held by Wellcome Collection. Actors in role: the sculptor Hidari Jingoro offering a cup of sake to a doll that has come to life and stepped out of its box. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1856., dated Month 11, 1856, held by Wellcome Collection. Actor Ichimura Uzaemon in role, striking a defiant pose. Colour woodcut by Toyokuni I, ca. 1820., dated [1820?], held by Wellcome Collection. Segawa Kikunōjō as Ohatsu, striking at the enemy with practised sword use in Kendō; his sleeves are tied up. Colour woodcut by Toyokuni I, early 1820s., dated [early 1820s], held by Wellcome Collection. Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VII as a potted plant seller. Colour woodcut by Toyokuni, ca. 1815., dated [1815?], held by Wellcome Collection. Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VII striking a defiant pose, dressed in formal attire. Colour woodcut by Toyokuni, ca. 1815., dated [1815?], held by Wellcome Collection. Actor Nakamura Utaemon III in one of his great stage hits. Colour woodcut by Toyokuni, ca. 1812., dated [1812?], held by Wellcome Collection.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 12 named public collections.

Vanderbilt Museum of Art: 11 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Ashmolean Museum: 8 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Royal Ontario Museum: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Seattle Art Museum: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Metropolitan Museum of Art: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Cleveland Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Detroit Institute of Arts: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Princeton Art Museum: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Harvard Art Museums: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 79 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 8 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 113 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Utagawa Toyokuni I, Oxford Art Online, 2026. Utagawa Toyokuni und seine Zeit, 1913. Kodansha Library of Japanese Art. No. 9: Utagawa Toyokuni., Monumenta Nipponica, 1957.

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (133451666). Those registers additionally record the forms Ichiyōsai Toyokuni, Utagawa Toyokuni I., Toyokuni, トヨクニ, Utagawa, Toyokuni, ソウユウテイ, ワラオ, 一陽齋, 豊國 and 豐國.

12 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Illustrated Book of the Current Fashion (1802) — Internet Archive. Takigawa of the Ogiya Pleasure House — Internet Archive. The Four Seasons in Southern Edo: A Summer Scene (Minami shiki; Natsu [no] kei) (1780) — Internet Archive. Three Young Ladies by the Seashore — Internet Archive. Tetsukuri no Tamagawa on the Musashino Plain (1800) — Internet Archive. Women at Takanawa Beach (1790) — Internet Archive. Print — Internet Archive. The Actor Segawa Roko as the Woodseller Ohara Leading an Ox (1810) — Internet Archive. Three Women Dining Before a Group of Trees — Internet Archive. Interior View of the Kabuki Theater Kawarazaki-za (1800) — Internet Archive. The Actor, Ichikawa Omezo in a Shibaraku Role (1795) — Internet Archive. The First Visit of the Cuckoo — Internet Archive.

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 20 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

training under Utagawa Toyoharu is recorded. Utagawa Kunimasa, Utagawa Kuninaga and Utagawa Kunisada are recorded as having studied under Utagawa Toyokuni I. the recorded working language is Japanese.

The field of work recorded is woodcut process. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape and portrait. The authority associates the name with Utagawa school.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Japan.

Work by Utagawa Toyokuni I is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museo del Prado, Auckland Art Gallery, Finnish National Gallery and National Gallery of Victoria.