Utagawa Masanobu

Utagawa Masanobu 歌川政信 (正信)  (active 1882-1887)    

BIOGRAPHY

A fifth generation Utagawa school artist1 about whom little is known other than he studied under Utagawa Kunisada III (a.k.a. Kunimasa IV).2 He did create several prints of the circus, as pictured below, and at least one series of prints depicting Tokyo meisho (famous places.) He used the gō Baidō 梅童 (梅堂) in his signature for many of his works.

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Utagawa_school_members [accessed 12-28-23]

2 https://www.ne.jp/asahi/kato/yoshio/aiueo-zenesi/ma-zenesi/masanobu-baidou.html [accessed 12-28-23]

A Few of the Artist's Works - reference only, prints not part of this collection

Signatures and Seals of the Artist (a sampling)

[1] 梅童政信画 Baidō Masanobu ga; [2] 梅童政信筆 Baidō Masanobu hitsu; [3]  梅童政信筆Baidō Masanobu hitsu with Toshidama seal; [4] 梅童政信画 Baidō Masanobu ga with unread seal [5] 梅童政信画 Baidō Masanobu ga

Prints in Collection

[BELOW PRINTS GIFTED TO THE JORDAN SCHNITZER MUSEUM OF ART, UNIVERSITY OF OREGON]

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