Utagawa Hiroshige
or , born Andō Tokutarō (; 1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition.
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Utagawa Hiroshige was a Japanese artist from the 1800s who created ukiyo-e prints, a traditional form of woodblock art. He is remembered as one of the final major masters of this art form before it declined in importance.
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- Born
- 1797-01-01
- Died
- 1858-10-12
- Works
- 15
Top works
- [Ehon tebikigusa (Guide to painters)]
- SNIPP - Utagawa Hiroshige
- Japanese Woodcuts of Hiroshige
- Utagawa Hiroshige - Paintings and Drawings Vol 1
- Utagawa Hiroshige - Paintings and Drawings Vol 2
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5 total works indexed
Works in European collections
31 objects attributed to Utagawa Hiroshige, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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12 sectionsContents
- Early life and apprenticeship
- Landscapes, flora, and fauna
- Hiroshige's students
- Late life
- Works
- Influence
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
or , born Andō Tokutarō (; 1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition.
Hiroshige is best known for his horizontal-format landscape series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō and for his vertical-format landscape series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. The subjects of his work were atypical of the ukiyo-e genre, whose typical focus was on beautiful women, popular actors, and other scenes of the urban pleasure districts of Japan's Edo period (1603–1868). The popular series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji by Hokusai was a strong influence on Hiroshige's choice of subject, though Hiroshige's approach was more poetic and ambient than Hokusai's bolder, more formal prints. Subtle use of color was essential in Hiroshige's prints, often printed with multiple impressions in the same area and with extensive use of bokashi (color gradation), both of which were rather labor-intensive techniques.