Toyoshige
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Toyoshige is a Japanese name that may refer to:
- Utagawa ToyoshigeUtagawa Toyokuni IIUtagawa Toyokuni II , also known as Toyoshige, was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints in Edo. He was the pupil, son-in-law and adopted son of Toyokuni I. The former used the name Toyoshige until 1826, the year after his teacher’s death, when he began signing his work Toyokuni...
(1777-1835) a Japanese ukiyo-eUkiyo-e' is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries, featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre, and pleasure quarters...
artist also known as Toyokuni II - Yamanouchi ToyoshigeYamanouchi Toyoshigethumb|right|Yamauchi Toyoshige was a prominent daimyo in Japan during the late Edo period. He is also known by his gō . As the 15th head of the Tosa Domain of the Shikoku region, he conducted reforms along with Yoshida Toyo. At the Ansei Purge he was put on probation and later retirement. In 1862...
(1827-1872), a Japanese daimyoDaimyois a generic term referring to the powerful territorial lords in pre-modern Japan who ruled most of the country from their vast, hereditary land holdings...