Hiroshige

In this Japanese name, the family name is Utagawa.

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese: 歌川広重, 1797–October 12, 1858), also called Hiroshige, was a Japanese artist. He was a master of the ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting.^[1]

List of print series[change | change source]

Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tōto Meisho jukkei), 1831
36 Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji Sanjū-Rokkei), 1832
53 Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō Gojūsantsugi), 1832-1834
Famous Scenes of Our Country (Honcho meisho), 1832-1837
Famous Scenes of Kyoto (Kyōto meisho), 1834-1835
Famous Scenes of Osaka (Ōsaka meisho), 1834-1835
Eight Views of Omi (Ōmi hakkei), 1834-1835
69 Stations of the Kisokaidō (Kisokaidō Rokujūkyūtsugi no uchi), 1835-1842
53 Stations of the Tōkaidō, Kyōka version (Kyōka Tōkaidō), 1839-1840
53 Stations of the Tōkaidō, Gyōsho version (Gyōsho Tōkaidō), 1841-1842
53 Stations of the Tōkaidō, Reisho version (Reisho Tōkaidō), 1848-1852
53 Stations of the Tōkaidō, Jinbutsu version (Jinbutsu Tōkaidō, 1848-1852).
Famous Scenes of Edo (Edo meisho, 1853).
Famous Scenes of the 60 Provincess (Rokujū yoshū meisho zue), 1853-1858
Famous Scenes of the 53 estaciones (Gojūsantsugi meisho zue, 1855).
100 Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei), 1856-1858
36 Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji Sanjū-Rokkei), 1858-1859

Gallery[change | change source]

Ukiyo-e from Kachō-ga : Pictures of Flowers and Birds:

Reeds in the Snow with a Wild Duck

Some Ukiyo-e from 53 Statuibs if the Tōkaidō^[2]

The Morning glow at the Nihonbashi
The Lake at Hakone
Night Snow at Kambara
Clear Weather After Snow at Kameyama

Some Ukiyo-e from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo^[3]

Table of Contents
The Plum Garden in Kameido
Great Bridge, Sudden Shower at Atake
The Dyers' Street in Kanda
Night View of Saruwakacho
Suijin Shrine and Massaki on the Sumida River
Massaki of Suijin Shrine, Uchigawa Inlet, and Sekiya
Yoroi Ferry, Koami-chō
Kinryūzan Temple, Asakusa
Fukagawa Susaki and Jūmantsubo
Inside Kameido Tenjin Shrine
Fireworks at Ryōgoku

References[change | change source]

↑ Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric et al. (2005). "Hiroshige" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 319.
↑ See 53 images of the Tōkaidō road at Japanese Wikipedia article [[:ja:東海道五十三次|here (in Japanese)]]
↑ See 100 images of Edo at Japanese Wikipedia article [[:ja:名所江戸百景|here (in Japanese)]]

Other websites[change | change source]

images and descriptions of works by Hiroshige and his contemporaries Archived 2007-11-19 at the Wayback Machine
Hiroshige
Ando Hiroshige – Free source of information and pictures
Hiroshige at WebMuseum Paris
Christian Science Monitor article
Profile of Hiroshige Archived 2006-05-28 at the Wayback Machine
Brooklyn Museum: Exhibitions: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Utagawa Hiroshige at Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, Connecticut Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine

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[nussbaum576-1] Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric et al. (2005). "Hiroshige" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 319.

[2] See 53 images of the Tōkaidō road at Japanese Wikipedia article [[:ja:東海道五十三次|here (in Japanese)]]

[3] See 100 images of Edo at Japanese Wikipedia article [[:ja:名所江戸百景|here (in Japanese)]]

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