At first he was a craftsman for dyeing goods at a Koya dye shop but later became a disciple of Toyokuni UTAGAWA the first, and although he had a good talent which was said to exceed his master, in the end he retired to run a business for selling the masks of Kabuki actors and died young.
初めは紺屋の染物職人であったが、初代歌川豊国の門下となり師を超えると言われた才能を持ちながら、最期は引退、歌舞伎役者の仮面売りを営み早世。