Utagawa Toyohiro

Toyohiro was born and raised in Edo (now Tokyo) and entered the studio of Toyoharu alongside his contemporary Toyokuni in 1782. Studying both ukiyo-e and Kano painting, Toyohiro worked mostly in the hosoban (long and narrow prints) and surimono (privately commissioned, lavishly printed small-scale prints) formats. He was also an innovator in the landscape print genre. Toyohiro is best known for his role as a teacher of the famous landscape printer, Hiroshige.