{{Short description|Designer}} thumb|right|300px|Woodblock diptych by Hirosada II of kabuki actors Jitsukawa Enzaburô I (left) and Mimasu Daigorô IV (right), 1853

'''Hirosada II''', also known as '''Sadahiro II''', was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints in Osaka. He was a student of Konishi Hirosada, and assumed the name “Hirosada” in 1853, when his teacher ceased designing prints. In the summer of 1864, Hirosada I died and his student changed his name, for a second time, from “Hirosada” (廣貞) to “Sadahiro” (貞廣).

==Signature== thumb|left|Signatures of Hirosada I (left) and Hirosada II (right), both reading “Hirosada” (廣貞)

Whereas the signature of Hirosada I is compact, Hirosada II signed his name in a large bold hand.

==References== * Keyes, Roger S., and Susumu Matsudaira, ''Hirosada, Ōsaka Printmaker'', Long Beach, CA, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, 1984, 16–17, 129–130. * Lane, Richard. (1978). ''Images from the Floating World, The Japanese Print.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|9780192114471}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5246796 OCLC 5246796]

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