Utagawa Hiroshige
1797–1858 · Naïve, folk & other
Biography
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) was a Japanese master of the woodblock print, famous for his landscape series such as The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō and One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, which greatly influenced European artists.
From the artist’s life
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) was one of the last great masters of the Japanese woodblock print. His poetic landscapes, full of weather and seasons, deeply influenced the Impressionists and Van Gogh.
From the page of Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake
