北尾美丸こと二代目北尾重政の 文政五年以降の署名からみる襲名考

Abstract

In this paper, using bibliographic research methods, I considered the creative activities of Kitao Shigemasa Ⅱ, also known as Ukiyoe artist Kitao Yosimaru, since 1822. As a result, first　of all, I pointed out that in 1822, the names of Kitao Yosimaru　and Kitao Sigemasa Ⅱ were used together. As a background, I infer that the work “Tamanae-monogatari”, which was drawn by Kitao Yosimaru, who had just become Kitao Masayosi’s disciple, had a strategy to flicker the image of the first Sigemasa who died two years ago. Second, unlike 1822, which had a complicated appearance with a mixture of signatures, from 1823 to 1826, he worked as “Kitao Yosimaru”. Kitao Yosimaru shows his work as a disciple of Kitao, but from 1827 he will finally be signed as“Kitao Sigemasa”. As the background, I guessed as follows. At first, he was not recognized by Kitao Sigemasa Group, and first became a disciple of Kitao Masayosi, the high-ranking disciple of Sigemasa Ⅰ. However, it is inferred that his teacher, Masayosi, also died in 1824, and in　1827, Yosimaru inherited the name of Masayosi’s teacher, Shigemasa, and was officially recognized as Sigemasa Ⅱ. Finally, I categorized, charted and presented the symbol of Kitao SigemasaⅡ, also known as Utagawa Yosimaru.