Artist

Yanagawa Shigenobu II

1820–1859

132681

Works

Years lived

Japanese (culture or style)

Style

Yanagawa’s work is defined by its japanese (culture or style) sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Selected works

132681 pieces

Huang Shigong (Kosekiho) and Zhang Liang (Choryo), from "A Set of Two on the States of Han and Chu (Kanso niban no uchi)"

Attributed to Yanagawa Shigenobu II Japanese, active c. 1820s-late 1850s

Summer Robes (Natsugoromo), from the series "A Comparison of Incense (Takimono awase)"

Yanagawa Shigenobu II Japanese, active c. 1820-late 1850s

No. 4: Personally Arranged Flower (Teike no hana), from the series "A Comparison of Flowers (Hana awase)"

Yanagawa Shigenobu II Japanese, active c. 1820-late 1850s

No. 6: Flower of the Capital (Miyako no hana), from the series "A Comparison of Flowers (Hana awase)"

Yanagawa Shigenobu II Japanese, active c. 1820-late 1850s

No. 3: Silent Flower (Mono iwanu hana), from the series "A Comparison of Flowers (Hana awase)"

Yanagawa Shigenobu II Japanese, active c. 1820-late 1850s

No. 3: Shade Beneath a Tree (San: konoshitakage), from the series "A Collection of Famous Horses (Meiba zoroe)"

Yanagawa Shigenobu II Japanese, active c. 1820-late 1850s

Young Nobleman Admiring a Moonlit Garden, from the series Ise Shunkyo

Yanagawa Shigenobu II (Japanese, active 1820)

Sketch for Autumn Moon at Ishiyama Temple (Ishiyama no shugetsu), from the series "Eight Views in Omi Province (Omi hakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) Japanese, 1826–1869

A Picture of Prosperity: America (Amerika shin no zu)

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) Japanese, 1826-1869

Scenting a kimono with incense

Yanagawa Shigenobu I Japanese, 1787–1832

Tsuten-kyo Bridge, Tofuku Temple, Kyoto (Kyoto Tofukuji Tsutenkyo bashi) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) Japanese, 1826–1869

Image of a Whale Hunt at Goto, Hizen Province (Hizen Goto geiryo no zu), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) Japanese, 1826–1869

The Actors Segawa Kikujiro I as Oshichi and Sanjo Kantaro II as Kichisaburo in the play "Shochikubai Kongen Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the third month, 1732

Nishimura Shigenobu Japanese, active c. 1723-47

Beauty Carrying a Wedding Decoration

Nishimura Shigenobu Japanese, active c. 1723-47

Actual View of Kata Bay, Kishu Province (Kishu kata no ura shinkei), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) Japanese, 1826–1869

Hase Temple, Yamato Province (Yamato Hasedera) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) Japanese, 1826–1869

Actual View of Mount Tate, Etchu Province (Etchu Tateyama shinkei) "One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) Japanese, 1826–1869

Night Rain at the Paulownia Grove at Akasaka (Akasaka Kiribatake uchu yukei), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) Japanese, 1826-1869

Actual View of Hirose, Unshu Province (Unshu hirose shinkei) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) Japanese, 1826–1869