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Utagawa Hirokage

Utagawa Hirokage (birth and death unknown) is an ukiyo-e artist in the late Edo period.

Hiroshige Utagawa's master. Utagawa was named as the painting surname, and it was called Hirokage. Another issue is Ichiyosai. According to Kazuo Inoue, the grounds are unknown, but Hiroshige's disciple left behind works such as the 31 large-format nishiki-e "Edo Famous Places" from Ansei to Keio (1854-1868). It is said. Since the picture number of Hirokage and the character "Hiroshige" in the seal are similar to those of Hiroshige, there is no problem in thinking that he is a painter who is connected to Hiroshige's painting system. Currently, 65 works have been confirmed. All of them are large-sized nishiki-e, and it is said that printed books, surimono, and hand-painted ukiyo-e cannot be confirmed. Looking at the reprints of the actual works, the drawing period was only 2 years and 8 months from the New Year of Ansei 6 (1859) to August of the first year of Bunkyu (1861), most of which were Ansei 6 and Man'en 1860. Year) is concentrated in two years. In addition, "Edo Famous Place Clown (Gi) Exhaustion" is not actually a total of 31 points, but a total of 51 points with a total of 50 points and 1 point in the catalog.

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