Hiroshige II

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The signatures of Hiroshige II - a) nidaime Hiroshige, b) Hiroshige ga, and c) Shigenobu ga

Hiroshige II (歌川広重 2代目, 1829 – October 21, 1869) was a designer of ukiyo-e and Japanese woodblock prints. He was born Suzuki Chinpei (鈴木鎮平). He became a student and the adopted son of Hiroshige,[1] then was given the artistic identity of, “Shigenobu”. When the senior Hiroshige died in 1858, Shigenobu married his master’s daughter, Otatsu. At that time he adopted the art-name "Hiroshige". About 1865, the marriage was dissolved. Hiroshige II then moved to Yokohama and resumed using the name Shigenobu. He also signed some of his work as Ryūshō.

Another pupil of the first Hiroshige, Shigemasa, then married the master's daughter, Otatsu, and also began using the name Hiroshige; this artist now is known as Hiroshige III.

Gallery

  • Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital

  • Kishū kumano iwatake tori (Iwatake mushroom gathering at Kumano in Kishū) from Shokoku meishō hyakkei ("100 famous views of the provinces")

  • Passage Through Hakone
    Landscape fan print, 1850s

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Picture of Flourishing America". World Digital Library. Retrieved 10 February 2013. 

External links

Prints

Biographies

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