Utagawa Tokoyuni Poetess Ono-no Postcard

Utagawa Toyokuni II, also known as Toyoshige, was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints in Edo. He was the pupil, son-in-law and adopted son of Toyokuni I. The former used the name Toyoshige until 1826, the year after his teacher’s death, when he began signing his work Toyokuni. Kunisada, another student of Toyokuni I, did not recognise Toyoshige’s claim and declared himself “Toyokuni” and leader of the school. Toyoshige resumed signing his work “Toyoshige”. Enjoy this reproduction of his late 18th century image "The poetess Ono-no Komachi in the rain."