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Utagawa Hiroshige

Also known as Andō Hiroshige, Ando, Jūemon Andō, Utugawa Hiroshige, Tokutarō, Ichiyūsai, Hiroshige Utagawa, Yūsai

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 (1797–1858) was a Japanese artist associated with the Utagawa school and Kasei culture. Born and deceased in Edo, he worked primarily in the genres of landscape painting and ukiyo-e, as well as shunga. His artistic development was influenced by Katsushika Hokusai, and he studied under Utagawa Toyohiro. Hiroshige held the position of dōshin and taught Utagawa Hirokage.

His notable works include *One Hundred Famous Views of Edo*, *Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji*, *Eight Views of Ōmi*, and *The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō*. His creations are held in collections such as the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museo del Prado, Art Institute of Chicago, and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. He is described in the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition.

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Works: 15

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[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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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: Japan
Active from: 1797
Active to: 1858

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5 total works indexed

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Key facts

Artist.name: Hiroshige
Artist.image: Memorial Portrait of Utagawa Hiroshige (5765350019).jpg
Artist.caption: Memorial portrait of Hiroshige by Kunisada
Artist.birth_place: Edo, Japan
Artist.birth_name: Andō Tokutarō
Artist.death_place: Edo, Japan
Artist.training: Toyohiro
Artist.movement: Utagawa school

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Works in European collections

31 objects attributed to Utagawa Hiroshige, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Rainy day in Shono

River landscape with autumn trees

Snow Landscape with Houses

Der Pflaumengarten von Kamata, Blatt 27 aus der Serie: 100 berühmte Ansichten von Edo

Die Ryōgoku Brücke in der Osthauptstadt, Blatt 6 aus der Serie: 36 Ansichten des Fuji

Die Provinz Ōmi: der Biwa-See und der Ishiyama Tempel, Blatt 22 aus der Serie: Berühmte Orte der rund 60 Provinzen

Coarse sketch of Nihonbashi-Straße itchōme, sheet 44 from the series: 100 famous views of Edo

Die Stadt erblüht zum Tanabata-Fest, Blatt 73 aus der Serie: 100 berühmte Ansichten von Edo

Kyōto: The Great Bridge in Sanjō, sheet 55 from the series: The 53 stations of the Tōkaidō, Hoeidō Edition

Der Senzoku Teich und die Kesakake Kiefer, Blatt 110 aus der Serie: 100 berühmte Ansichten von Edo

Strandkiefer, Blatt 30 aus der Serie: 53 Stationen der Tōkaidō

Atagoshita und die Yabu-Gasse, Blatt 112 aus der Serie: 100 berühmte Ansichten von Edo

Das Dorf Sanamura und der Hachiman-Schrein, Blatt 29 aus der Serie: 100 berühmte Ansichten von Edo

Low-flying wild geese in Haneda, from the series: Eight views of the surroundings of Edo

Der Aoi-Abhang außerhalb des Toranomon, Blatt 113 aus der Serie: 100 berühmte Ansichten von Edo

The province of Harima: the Maiko Strand, sheet 45 from the series: Famous places of the 60 provinces

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

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.

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Utagawa Hiroshige