Hirose Harutaka
Hirose Harutaka 広瀬春孝 (1870-?)
BIOGRAPHY
Sources: Osaka Prefectural Library https://www.library.pref.osaka.jp/nakato/shotenji/01_meish.html [accessed 10-26-2023]and as footnoted
Hirose was born in Sumiyama-cho Osaka with the given name Fūsai 楓斎 and it is recorded that he resided in Minami kyūhōji machi in Osaka. A student of Hayashi Motoharu (1858-1903), he worked in a similar style to his teacher and he designed for both woodblock and lithograph prints. His primary extant works are designs for meisho-e (prints of famous places), creating at least six sets/series of meisho-e between the year 1896 and 1903, including Famous Places in Tokyo 東京名所; Famous Places in Kamakura 鎌倉名所; Famous Place in Osaka 大阪名所 1898; Famous Places in Ise 伊勢名所; Famous Places in Sanuki 讃岐名所; Famous Places in Sakai 阪堺名所 and Famous Place in Kōya 高野名所. In addition to designing scenes of "famous places", he produced designs for fan prints, as shown below, and hikifuda (advertisements) for various businesses, as also show below.
The "World Artists BlueBook", lists the artist under his family name, Hirose Fūsai 廣瀬楓斎 and while they note that he is a nihonga (Japanese-style) painter, I can find no extant nihonga works attributed to him.1
1 Artis Japan.net http://artisjapan.net/default.asp?action=-1&koku=nasi&bun=nasi&nam=%8D%EC%89%C6%96%BC&kensaku=%82%D0*&bukkoflag=0&page=41
A Few Examples of the Artist's Work
Two Hikifuda 引札
学校用書籍 - 茨木東大町虎谷誠々堂 広瀬楓斎画
School book advertisement for Torataniseiseido Book Store, unknown date (1895 or after) by Hirose Fūsai
image source: Osaka Prefecture Library
阿波商業銀行 春孝
Awa Commercial Bank, unknown date (1896 or after) by (Hirose) Harutaka
image source: Bank of Japan Currency Museum
Three Fan (uchiwa) Prints (dates unknown)
Signatures and Seals Attributed to the Artist
春孝 / 春孝
Harutaka / Harutaka seal
應需春孝
ōju Harutaka
應需春孝
ōju Harutaka
楓斎 / 春孝
Fūsai / Harutaka seal
應需 楓斎はるたか / 楓斎
ōju Fūsai Harutaka / Fūsai seal
楓斎 ??
Fūsai followed by unread characters
last revision:
7/14/2020 created
Prints in Collection
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Souvenir Pictures of Famous Places in Ise - Twelve Prints (envelope for the set), 1897
IHL Cat. #2339
Toyouke Daijingū Shrine, print 2
from the set Famous Places in Ise, 1897
IHL Cat. #2341
Toyouke Daijingū Shrine, print 2
from the set Famous Places in Ise, 1897
IHL Cat. #2341
Illustration of Daidai-Kagura, print 3
from the set Famous Places in Ise, 1897
IHL Cat. #2342
View of Uji Bridge, print 4
from the set Famous Places in Ise, 1897
IH Cat. #2257 and #2343
View of Magatama Pond, print 5
from the set Faemous Places in Ise, 1897
IHL Cat. #2258 and #2344
View of Futamigaura, print 6
from the set Famous Places in Ise, 1897
IHL Cat. #2259 and #2345
Illustration of Furuichi Dance, print 7 from the set Famous Places in Ise, 1897
IHL Cat. #2346
Distant View of Yamada Town from Miyagawa Bridge, print 8
from the set Famous Places in Ise, 1897
IHL Cat. #2347
View of Toyomiyazaki Library, print 9 from the set Famous Places in Ise, 1897
IHL Cat. #2348
View of Tsukiyomi-no-miya, print 10
from the set Famous Places in Ise, 1897
IHL Cat. #2349
View of Tsu Park, print 11
from the set Famous Places in Ise, 1897
IHL Cat. #2350
View of Akogi Heiji Monument, print 12 from the set Famous Places in Ise, 1897
IHL Cat. #2351