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Ichiyūsai Hiroshige III was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, also known as Andō Hiroshige III. He was a pupil and adopted son of Andō Hiroshige II, who in turn was a student and adopted son of the renowned master Utagawa Hiroshige, often referred to as Hiroshige I. Born in 1842 or 1843, Hiroshige III initially went by the name of Shigemasa. His work is less famous and considered less significant artistically compared to that of Hiroshige I, but he was still a productive printmaker in his own right.

Hiroshige III's early career was overshadowed by the legacy of Hiroshige I, who had elevated the ukiyo-e genre with his landscapes and bird-and-flower prints. Hiroshige III worked during a period of transition in Japan, the Meiji era, when the country was modernizing and opening up to the West after more than two centuries of relative isolation under the Tokugawa shogunate. This period of change is reflected in Hiroshige III's works, which often depict scenes of railways, steamships, and other symbols of modernization.

Despite the overshadowing fame of his predecessor, Hiroshige III managed to carve out a niche for himself by producing prints that catered to the changing tastes of the time. He continued the tradition of creating landscape series, like the 'Famous Views of Tokyo' and 'Pictures of Famous Places of Japan'. His style was similar to that of Hiroshige I, but he also incorporated Western techniques of perspective and shading, which were becoming popular in Japan at the time. He was active until his death in 1894, and his prints provide a valuable visual record of the early Meiji period's transformation in Japan.