Utagawa Hiroshige III (三代目歌川広重)
Utagawa Hiroshige III (三代目歌川広重; c. 1842 - March 28, 1894), also known as Andō Tokubei (安藤徳兵), was a Japanese woodblock artist of the Meiji era. He was a student and later son-in-law of Utagawa Hiroshige, often considered the last master of the ukiyo-e genre. Most of Hiroshige III's work falls within the Yokohama-e genre, depicting foreigners or foreigner technologies and styles in Japan.
AKA: 三代目歌川広重
Tokyo's Foreign Quarter in the Early Meiji Period.
東京繁榮流行の往来 / [The Comings and Goings of Prosperity and Fashions in Tokyo].
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This is an 1870 ukiyo-e depiction of the Tsukiji neighborhood of Tokyo, drawn by Utagawa Hiroshige III and published by Masadaya Heikichi. It displays the neighborhood just months after it was designated as the foreign residence quarter of Tokyo following the Meiji Restoration, emphasizing the rapid importation of foreign technologies, fashion, and manners. (more details)
Japan's First True Railway.
東京高輪海岸蒸氣車鐵道圖 / [Steam Train on the Railway along the Tokyo-Takanawa Coastline].
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A remarkable view of Japan's first modern railway, this ukiyo-e woodblock triptych was drawn by Utagawa Hiroshige III and published by Tsunajima Kamekichi in 1871. (more details)
Restoration and Renovation.
東京名所筋違萬代橋圖 / [View of Tokyo Famous Site Yorozuyo Bridge].
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A lovely 1873 Ukiyo-e triptych by Hiroshige III depicting the Yorozuyo Bridge (more commonly known as the Mansei Bridge) and environs in Tokyo. The stone bridge, completed the same year, symbolized Japan's modernization and the changes brought about by the Meiji Restoration. (more details)
Japan's first train.
橫濱往返鐵道蒸氣車海上之圖 / [View of Steam Engine on the Seaside Yokohama Line].
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A fascinating 1874 ukiyo-e triptych by Utagawa Hiroshige III celebrating Japan's first passenger railway and the astonishing modernization of Yokohama under the Meiji. Opened between Yokohama and Tokyo in 1872, the steam railway became one of the most potent symbols of a country transforming itself at extraordinary speed, linking Japan's leading international treaty port with the imperial capital. Published two years after the railway's inauguration, the triptych captures not simply a train, but a defining moment in the Meiji Restoration, when foreign technology was being rapidly absorbed and transformed into the infrastructure of modern Japan. (more details)