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Utagawa Hiroshige (/ ˌ h ɪər oʊ ˈ ʃ iː ɡ eɪ /, also US: / ˌ h ɪər ə ˈ-/; Japanese: 歌川 広重 [ɯtaɡawa çiɾoꜜɕiɡe]), 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.
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In the vertical format of the standard oban size, Hiroshige revealed his mature style in depictions of famous places in the gigantic metropolis that fascinated all people. In 1858, Hiroshige died suddenly at the age of sixty-two, a victim of the cholera epidemic that plagued Edo and claimed 28,000 lives.
Also known as. Andô Hiroshige, I, Hiroshige, Andô Hiroshige, Tokutarô, Jûbei, Jûemon, Tokubei, Ichiryûsai, Ichiyûsai, Ryûsai, Tôkaidô Utashige, Hiroshige I. Date of birth. 1797. Date of death. 1858. Utagawa Hiroshige is recognized as a master of the ukiyo-e woodblock printing tradition, having created 8,000 prints of everyday life and ...
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Apr 11, 2023 · Hiroshige Ando was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist who created over 8,000 prints of everyday life and landscapes in Edo-period Japan. He is hailed as the last great master of that tradition and revered for his skill in portraying a true sense of nature and harmony between people and their environment.
Andō Hiroshige was born in 1797, a member of the samurai class. As is tradition, he went through several names as a child: Jūemon, Tokubē, and Tetsuzō, settling on Utagawa Hiroshige. He is...
Jul 14, 2002 · Art of the Edo Period. Hiroshige (1797-1858), Japanese painter and printmaker, known especially for his landscape prints. The last great figure of the Ukiyo-e, or popular, school of printmaking, he transmuted everyday landscapes into intimate, lyrical scenes that made him even more successful than his contemporary, Hokusai .
By Brooklyn Museum. "Hiroshige's “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo,” actually composed of 118 splendid woodblock landscape and genre scenes of mid-nineteenth-century Tokyo, is one of the...
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