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HIROSHIGE II, Utagawa (1829 - 1869)		ONE HUNDRED VIEWS OF THE PROVINCES 'Hunting whale at Goto'
		Signed:                     Hiroshige ga Publisher's seal:    Uo-ya Eikichi Dated:                       Eighth month of the year 1859 Size:                          oban tate-e Condition: Good impression, colors and condition. - Full margins. ref. no.: # 53 1139

Hiroshige II (1829 - 69) was Hiroshige's foremost pupil. Until Hiroshige's death in 1858 he used the name Shigenobu. With his master's demise he married Hiroshige's daughter and called himself Hiroshige II. The marriage was dissolved in 1865 and he went to Yokohama. He died four years later.

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