Hasegawa Sadanobu II: Yotsubashi Bridge Osaka 1890s Woodblock NR
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Japanese Woodblock Print, 1890s, originally mounted to the cover of an Osaka magazine
SIZE IN INCHES: shikishi, 5.5 x 6 inches
HASEGAWASADANOBU II (1848-1940) was the second of six generations of Hasegawa was, starting with his father Hasegawa Sadanobu I (1809-1879) and continuing through Sadanobu IV (1914-1999) and Konobu V (born 1946). He was born in Osaka and used the go (artist name) Konobu until 1879 when he started using the Sadanobu name as his go upon the death of his father Sadanobu I. He studied with his father and with Osai Yoshiume (1819-1879), (a.k.a. Utagawa Yoshiume), a student of Utagawa Kuniyoshi’s (1797-1861). He spent about three years in Kobe starting in 1867 during which he produced a number of prints showing scenes of the impact of Westerners in and around the city.
His print designs include depictions of actors (yakusha-e), landscapes (fukei-ga), civilization and enlightenment/modernization (bunmei kaika-e), the Sino-Japanese War (senso-e), illustrations for novels (kuchi-e), advertising flyers (hikifuda) and prints for newspaper supplements (nishiki-e shinbun). His nishiki-e shinbun prints were mostly created for the Osaka Yubin hochi shinbun (Postal News) and the Osaka nichinichi shinbunshi (Osaka Daily News), for which he also wrote stories.
SIZE IN INCHES: shikishi, 5.5 x 6 inches
HASEGAWASADANOBU II (1848-1940) was the second of six generations of Hasegawa was, starting with his father Hasegawa Sadanobu I (1809-1879) and continuing through Sadanobu IV (1914-1999) and Konobu V (born 1946). He was born in Osaka and used the go (artist name) Konobu until 1879 when he started using the Sadanobu name as his go upon the death of his father Sadanobu I. He studied with his father and with Osai Yoshiume (1819-1879), (a.k.a. Utagawa Yoshiume), a student of Utagawa Kuniyoshi’s (1797-1861). He spent about three years in Kobe starting in 1867 during which he produced a number of prints showing scenes of the impact of Westerners in and around the city.
His print designs include depictions of actors (yakusha-e), landscapes (fukei-ga), civilization and enlightenment/modernization (bunmei kaika-e), the Sino-Japanese War (senso-e), illustrations for novels (kuchi-e), advertising flyers (hikifuda) and prints for newspaper supplements (nishiki-e shinbun). His nishiki-e shinbun prints were mostly created for the Osaka Yubin hochi shinbun (Postal News) and the Osaka nichinichi shinbunshi (Osaka Daily News), for which he also wrote stories.
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Hasegawa Sadanobu II: Yotsubashi Bridge Osaka 1890s Woodblock NR
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