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, also known as Ichiyūsai Hirokage, was a Japanese designer of
File:Hirokage - (triptych) Great battle between the fruits & vegetables & fish (Aomono sakana gunzei daikassen no zu), 1859.jpg, (The Great Battle between the Fruits and Vegetables and the Fish), woodblock triptych by Hirokage, 1859
File:Shinobazu1859woodblockprint.jpg, Woodcut print shows a comical scene with a group of people walking along the bank of the Shinobazu Pond, with cherry blossoms and dwellings in the background. 1859
File:「広影写生 両国の虎」-“The Tiger of Ryōkoku,” from the series True Scenes by Hirokage MET DP148116.jpg, ''The Tiger of Ryōgoku'' from the series ''True Scenes'', 1860
OCLC 5246796
* Newland, Amy Reigle. (2005). ''Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints.'' Amsterdam: Hotei.
OCLC 61666175
Hirokage {{Japan-artist-stub
, also known as Ichiyūsai Hirokage, was a Japanese designer of 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 of such subjects as female beauties; kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history and folk t ...
woodblock prints, who was active from about 1855 to 1865. He was a pupil of Utagawa Hiroshige I. From 1860 to 1861, Hirokage designed the series of ōban size prints titled ''Edo meisho dōke zukushi'' (Joyful Events in Famous Places in Edo). His reputation is based primarily upon this series and his 1859 triptych (The Great Battle between the Fruits and Vegetables and the Fish).
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References
* Lane, Richard. (1978). ''Images from the Floating World, The Japanese Print.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press.OCLC 5246796
* Newland, Amy Reigle. (2005). ''Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints.'' Amsterdam: Hotei.
OCLC 61666175
Hirokage {{Japan-artist-stub