Nihonbashi: from the series Views of famous places of Edo

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Nihonbashi: from the series Views of famous places of Edo

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Utagawa Shigenobu (1826-1869) was the chief pupil of the the second great master after Hokusai of the Japanese landscape woodblock print, Andō Hiroshige (1797-1858) He took over his master's gō 'Hiroshige' on the latter's death, and is now principally known by it, being more usually referred to as 'Hiroshige II'. The general view on him now is that was a relatively minor artist who was unable to generate a distinct style of his own, but nonetheless occasionally designed some very fine prints...

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Date created

November 1862

Creator

Shigenobu Hiroshige II / Keijiro Fujiokaya

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https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/37291

Related subjects

Horses / Bridges / Rivers / Boats / Fish / Saddles / Spears / Horseshoes / Yokes / Nihonbashi (Nihon) / ink / paper / prints / works on paper / Late Edo / Japan

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