HIROKAGE

Artist – Utagawa HIROKAGE (歌川広景), also known as Ichiyūsai HIROKAGE (一勇斎広景), was a Japanese designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints, who was active from about 1854 to 1868. He was a pupil of Utagawa HIROSHIGE. From 1860 to 1861, HIROKAGE designed the series of ōban size prints titled "Edo meisho dōke zukushi" ("江戸名所道化尽"; Joyful Events in Famous Places in Edo). His reputation is based primarily upon this series and his 1859 triptych "Aomono sakana gunzei ô-kassen no zu" ("青物魚軍勢大合戦之図", The Great Battle between the Fruits and Vegetables and the Fish).

Personal life - There is only sparse information about HIROKAGE. From his prints we may calculate an active time from about 1854 to 1868.

Aliases - Hirokage (広景), Utagawa HIROKAGE (歌川広景), and Ichiyūsai HIROKAGE (一勇斎広景)

(active circa 1854 - 1868)