The second Toyokuni was Toyoshige UTAGAWA who was a disciple and an adopted child of Toyokuni, and upon the death of the first Toyokuni, Toyoshige succeeded to the name as the second Toyokuni.
二代豊国は豊国門下の歌川豊重が豊国の養子となり、死去に伴って二代豊国を襲名した。