was a Japanese
ukiyo-e artist who was a student of
Utagawa Hiroshige. He was also referred to as .
Born , he was given the artistic name Shigemasa. In 1867, after
Hiroshige II, 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
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Ukiyo-e
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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