Hiroshige III

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In this Japanese name, the family name is "Utagawa".

Utagawa Hiroshige III (歌川広重 3代目, Hiroshige Utagawa sandaime, 1842 or 1843 – March 28, 1894) was a Japanese woodblock 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

British house in Takanawa, 1868
Big French circus on the grounds of Shokonsha shrine, 1871
English Polo Match, 1877
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)

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

References

↑ 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 Hiroshige III at Wikimedia Commons

Biographies

Persondata
Name	Hiroshige Iii
Alternative names
Short description	Japanese woodblock artist
Date of birth	1842
Place of birth
Date of death	March 28, 1894
Place of death

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