Hiroshige III

Utagawa Hiroshige III (三代目 歌川 広重 Sandaime Hiroshige Utagawa, 1842 or 1843 – March 28, 1894) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist who was a student of Utagawa Hiroshige. He was also referred to as Andō Tokubei (安藤徳兵).

Born Gotō Torakichi (後藤寅吉), 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.^[1]

Hiroshige III worked in the same artistic style as his master, but did not achieve anywhere near the same level of success.

Gallery

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  British house in Takanawa, 1868

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  Big French circus on the grounds of Shokonsha shrine, 1871

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  English Polo Match, 1877

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  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)

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  A triptych print showing Japanese and foreign people walking along the Sumida River among cherry trees in full bloom.

See also

• Utagawa school
• Ukiyo-e

References

1. Frédéric, Louis (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-01753-6.

External links

Prints

• Ukiyo-e Prints by Utagawa Hiroshige III
• Media related to Utagawa Hiroshige III at Wikimedia Commons

Biographies

• Biography of Utagawa Hiroshige III, British Museum