was a Japanese
ukiyo-e
Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art which flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings
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artist who was a student of
Utagawa Hiroshige
Utagawa Hiroshige (, also ; ja, 歌川 広重 ), born Andō Tokutarō (; 1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ''ukiyo-e'' artist, considered the last great master of that tradition.
Hiroshige is best known for his horizontal-format l ...
. He was also referred to as .
Born , he was given the artistic name Shigemasa. In 1867, after
Hiroshige II
was a Japanese designer of ukiyo-e art. He inherited the name Hiroshige II following the death in 1858 of his master Hiroshige, whose daughter he married. In 1865 he moved from Edo to Yokohama after dissolving his marriage and began using ...
, a fellow pupil of the original Hiroshige, divorced the master's daughter Otatsu, Gotō married her and initially took on the name Hiroshige II as well, but by 1869 he began calling himself Hiroshige III.
Hiroshige III worked in the same artistic style as his master, but did not achieve anywhere near the same level of success.
Gallery
File:Hiroshige III - Takanawa Igirisu kan.jpg, ''British house in Takanawa'', 1868
File:Hiroshige III, Big French circus on the grounds of Shokonsha shrine, 1871.jpg, ''Big French circus on the grounds of Shokonsha shrine'', 1871
File:Utagawa-Hiroshige-III-Progression-During-the-Imperial-Inspection-at-Ou-Matsushima-1876.png, Progression During the Imperial Inspection at Ou, Matsushima. Ukiyo-e by Hiroshige III (1876)
File:Hiroshige III - Igirisu tama tori.jpg, ''English Polo Match'', 1877
File:Hiroshige III - Daini hakurankai bijitsukan narabini funsuiki.jpg, ''Second national industrial exhibition at Ueno Park'', 1881
From ''The most beautiful place in Tokyo'' (東京名所第一の勝景, ''Tōkyō meisho dai ichi no shōkei'')
File:Sumidagawa-UtagawaHiroshige1881.jpg, A triptych print showing Japanese and foreign people walking along the Sumida River among cherry trees in full bloom.
See also
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Utagawa school
The Utagawa school () was one of the main schools of ukiyo-e, founded by Utagawa Toyoharu. It was the largest ukiyo-e school of its period. The main styles were bijin-ga (beautiful women) and uki-e (perspective picture). His pupil, Toyokuni I, to ...
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Ukiyo-e
Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art which flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surfac ...
References
External links
Prints
Ukiyo-e Prints by Utagawa Hiroshige III*
Biographies
Biography of Utagawa Hiroshige III, British Museum
1842 births
1894 deaths
19th-century Japanese painters
Ukiyo-e artists
Utagawa school
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