Woodblock print designer
Utagawa Hiroshige III
The print artist who drew Japan’s new railways, steamers and brick buildings.
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The life
about 1842–1894
Born Gotō Torakichi, he was a pupil of Utagawa Hiroshige, married his master’s daughter in 1867 and by 1869 was calling himself Hiroshige III. He is remembered for his pictures of a Japan opening to the world: the port of Yokohama, Tokyo’s Western-style buildings and the first steam trains. Our card, The Seafront at Yokohama, is his print of 1870.