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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 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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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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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Japan
Place of birth: Edo
Place of death: Edo
Occupation: xylographer
Position held: dōshin
Languages spoken: Japanese
Field of work: shunga
Genre: landscape painting
Movement: Kasei culture
Image: Memorial Portrait of Hiroshige, by Kunisada.jpg
Work location: Kyoto

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Commons category: Utagawa Hiroshige
date of birth: 1797-01-01
date of death: 1858-10-12
Commons Creator page: Utagawa Hiroshige
topic's main category: Category:Utagawa Hiroshige
name in native language: 歌川広重
Commons gallery: Utagawa Hiroshige (I)
influenced by: Katsushika Hokusai
has works in the collection: Van Gogh Museum
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
cause of death: cholera
manner of death: natural causes
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
name in kana: うたがわひろしげ
ethnic group: Japanese people
start of work period: 1818-00-00
birth name: 安藤徳太郎
pseudonym: 歌川広重

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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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Early life and apprenticeship
Landscapes, flora, and fauna
Hiroshige's students
Late life
Works
Influence
Gallery
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
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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

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