Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)

Utagawa Hiroshige, the last great master of ukiyo-e, transformed landscape printmaking with his poetic scenes of Edo Japan and vibrant use of color gradation.

ABOUT

Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重) or Andō Hiroshige (安藤広重), born Andō Tokutarō (安藤徳太郎; 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,…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Morning Cherries at Yoshiwara 1797 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bird and Iris 1797 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Arashiyama Manka 1797 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Evening Rain on the Karasaki Pine 1797 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Sōshū, Enoshima Iwaya no Zu 1797 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Seven-ri Beach, Province of Soshu 1797 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Katsukawa ShunshoUkiyo-e Katsushika HokusaiUkiyo-e Maruyama OkyoShijō school

Influenced

Vincent van GoghPost-Impressionism Claude MonetImpressionism Édouard ManetRealism/Impressionism James McNeill WhistlerAestheticism