Japanese prints of the XVIII –XIX century from the collection of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

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UTAGAWA Hirosige III / 三代目歌川広重

Pseudonym:

Isshōsai, Shigemasa, Shigetora

Dynasty:

Utagawa

Life dates:

1843 - 1894

Period:

Meiji period

Place:

Edo (Tokyo)

Ukiyo-e printmaker. After Hiroshige II`s retritment to Yokohama about 1865, began to call himself Hiroshige III and using his master`s surname of Andō. Pupil of Andō Hiroshige. A printmaker of little artistic importance, but interesting from a topographical point of view, as his special subject was the building of railroads.

Roberts, Laurance, P. "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1980, p. 45