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ANDO HIROSHIGE
1797-1858

Utagawa Hiroshige the last great master of *ukiyo-e was born in Edo (modern Tokyo) He joined the school of the ukiyo-e master Toyohiro at the age of 14, and his first publication a book illustration came out in 1818. Up to 1830 he concentrated on figural work, prints of girls, actors and warriors. After Toyohiro's death he began painting landscape and nature studies. This field had already been revolutionized by Hokusai. "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital" , and then "53 Stations on the Tokaido" the later bringing fame. The Tokaido was the road that linked Edo with Kyoto and these pictures represent the trip he made as an official in a Government mission to the Imperial Court in Kyoto. Further journeys resulted in more landscape studies. His landscapes are characterized by atmospheric color reflecting the changes in nature - rain, snow, and different times of the day and year. His 53 Stages of the Tokaido had a great influence on Western Impressionist painters, but heralded the decline of ukiyo-e art. Altogether Hiroshige produced more than 5400 woodblock prints and exerted an influence on Western art, above all the Impressionists who saw his work at the Paris Expositions Universelles of 1855, 1867 and 1878.
* Ukiyo-e - was the fashionable genre painting of the Tokugawa period - (wood block print design).

Hiroshige - Plum Garden Over Shin-Ohashi Bridge

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Plum Garden Over Shin-Ohashi Bridge
from 100 Views of Famous Places in and around Edo
Plum Orchard in Kameido
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The Small Port and Inlet At Awa Ando Hiroshige -	Women in the Snow at Fujisawa Hiroshige
Navaro Rapids 1855 Ando Hiroshige	Birds on a Branch of Maple Ando Hiroshige
Bird on a Branch of Persimmon Ando Hiroshige	Awa Province Naruto Rapids 1855 Ando Hiroshige
View from Satta Suruga Hiroshige	Go-Kanosho, Higo Province Hiroshige
Asakusa Ricefields Ando Hiroshige
Snowy Landscape Ando Hiroshige	Inside Kameido-Tenjin Shrine Hiroshige
Coastal Landscape Ando Hiroshige	Awe Province Navaro Rapids Ando Hiroshige
Inlent At Awa Provine Ando Hiroshige	Sudden Shower Over Ohashi Ando Hiroshige
Man Crossing a Bridge Ando Hiroshige	Suigin Grove and Masaki Hiroshige
Awa Province Naruto Rapids 1855 Ando Hiroshige	Hiroshige - The Four Seasons

Drum Bridge at Meguro
Hiroshige

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