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

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UTAGAWA Hiroshige II / 二代目歌川広重

Pseudonym:

Shigenobu, ichiyusai

Dynasty:

Utagawa

Life dates:

1826 - 1869

Period:

The late Edo period (Bakumatsu)

Place:

Edo (Tokyo)

Ukiyo-e painter, printmaker. Pupil and adopted son of Ando Hiroshige; probably assisted in some of the late work of his master. A first used go of Shigenobu; when his master did in 1858, married his daughter and took his name. About 1865 his marriage was dissolved; retired to Yokohama, once again using the go Shigenobu and also signing Ryusho, painting pictures on teaboxes and lanternts independed for export.

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