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family name was Ando Tokitaro; that under which he is known having been, in accordance with Japanese practice, adopted by him in recognition of the fact that he was a See also:

PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil of Toyohiro. The earliest reference to him is in the See also:

account given by an inhabitant of the Lu-chu islands of a visit to Japan; where a See also:

SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch of a procession See also:

DRAWN

drawn with See also:

GREAT

great skill by Hiroshige at the See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of ten years only is mentioned as one of the remarkable See also:

SIGHTS

sights seen. At the age of fifteen he applied unsuccessfully to be admitted to the studio of the See also:

elder Toyokuni; but was eventually received by Toyohiro. On the See also:

DEATH

death of the latter in 1828, he began to practise on his own account, but finding small encouragement at Yedo (See also:

TOKYO (or TOKIO, formerly called Yedo)

Tokyo) he removed to K1oto, where he published a set of landscapes. He soon returned to Yedo, where his See also:

WORK

work soon became popular, and was imitated by other artists. He died in that See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city on the 6th See also:

day of the 9th See also:

month of the See also:

YEAR

year, Ansei 5th, at the age of sixty-two, and was buried at Asakusa. One of his pupils, Hironobu, received from him the name of Hiroshige II. and another, Ando Tokubei, that of Hiroshige III. All three were closely associated with the work signed with the name of the See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master. Hiroshige II. some See also:

time after the year 1863 See also:

fell into disgrace and was compelled to leave Yedo for See also:

NAGASAKI

Nagasaki, where he died; Hiroshige III. then called himself Hiroshige II. He died in 1896. The earlier prints by these artists, whose work can hardly be separated, are of extraordinary merit.

They applied the See also:

PROCESS

process of colour See also:

block See also:

PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing to the purposes of depicting landscape, with a breadth, skill and suitability of See also:

convention that has been equalled only by See also:

HOKUSAI (r 76o–1849)

Hokusai in Japan, and by no See also:

EUROPEAN

European. Most of their subjects were derived from the neighbourhood of Yedo, or were scenes on the old high road —the Tokaido—that ran from that city to See also:

KIOTO (Kyoto)

Kioto. The two elder of the name were competent painters, and pictures and drawings by them are occasionally to be met with. See E. F. See also:

STRANGE, SIR ROBERT (1721-1792)

Strange, " Japanese Colour-prints " (See also:

Victoria and See also:

Albert Museum Handbook, 1904). (E. F.

End of Article: HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

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