Hiroshige II

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 Japanese woodblock prints who was born as Chinpei Suzuki (鈴木鎮平). He became a student and the adopted son of Hiroshige, then being 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

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  Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital
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  Kishū kumano iwatake tori (Iwatake mushroom gathering at Kumano in Kishū) from Shokoku meishō hyakkei ("100 famous views of the provinces")

See also

• Utagawa school
• List of Utagawa school members

References

• Lane, Richard. (1978). Images from the Floating World, The Japanese Print. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 10-ISBN 0192114476/13-ISBN 9780192114471; OCLC 5246796
• Newland, Amy Reigle. (2005). Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints. Amsterdam: Hotei. 10-ISBN 9074822657/13-ISBN 9789074822657; OCLC 61666175

External links

• Media related to Utagawa Hiroshige II at Wikimedia Commons
• Catalogue Raisonné of the Work of Utagawa Hiroshige II
  • Complete Works