Artist: Ando Hiroshige (1797 - 1858)
Nationality: Japanese
Movement: Ukiyo-e
Media: Printmaking
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Biography:
Born in Edo, Japan, Hiroshige’s family name was Tokitaro, but he adopted the name of his mentor as per the custom of the time. His first work was a sketch of a procession done at the age of ten, and earned him the title of a prodigy. In 1828, Hiroshige began his own studio, but eventually moved to Kyoto to produce landscapes. His prints became very popular and emulated upon his return to Edo.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Ando Hiroshige - Durodai and 2 Akadai c. 1800 woodblock print Figge Art Museum Japanese
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Ando Hiroshige - Great Bridge: Sudden rain at Atake 1857 color woodcut Carnegie Museum of Art Japanese
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Hiroshige II, Hakone, from a Tokaido series, 1854
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Hiroshige II, Samurai And Two Ladies, 19th century
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Hiroshige, Oi kawa no zu (The Oi River), circa 1850
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Hiroshige III , Railroad on the Yokohama Wharves, 1874
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Hiroshige, Prince Genji and a Companion at Tago Bay, 1857
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Hiroshige, Aridaya, probably from a set of Views of Mt. Fuji, 19th century
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Pat Steir, Tree After Hiroshige, 1984
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Hiroshige, Elegant Prince Genji (Furyu Genji), 1853
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Hiroshige, Flower Viewing at Asukayama (Asukayama hanami no zu ), 1855
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Hiroshige, The Whirlpools of Naruto in Awa Province (Awa Naruto no fukei), 1857
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Hiroshige II, Lion and Cub on Rocky Cliff, circa 1860 - 1870
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Hiroshige, Snow in the Kiso Gorge, circa 1835 - 1840
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Hiroshige, Umezu between Oiso and Odawara, 1852 - 1858
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Kunisada , Memorial portrait of Hiroshige, 1858 - 1859
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Hiroshige, Prince Genji and a Companion at Tago Bay, 1857
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Hiroshige II, Paddy Bird and Camellia (Buncho and Sasanqua) , 1858
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Hiroshige, Oi, no. 47 from the series Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido, 1835 - 1840
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Hiroshige, Untitled (Peacock and Peonies), circa 1833 - 1835
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Hiroshige, Untitled (Cuckoo and Iris), circa 1847 - 1848
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Hiroshige, #51 from Ogura Imitations of the 100 Poets, circa 1845 - 1848
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Hiroshige, Untitled (Kingfisher and Bellflower (Kikyo)), 1833 - 1835
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Hiroshige III , Steamd Train at Yatsunoyama in Tokyo, circa 1875
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Hiroshige, Untitled [Writing Table with Silver Rabbit paperweight], 1819
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Hiroshige, Seven Gods of Good Fortune in a Treaure Ship, circa 1845
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Hiroshige, Full Moon at the Harbor (Tsukuda), 18th - 19th century
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Hiroshige, Unidentified image from a set of From Famous Views of Edo, 19th century
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Hiroshige, Unidentified harbor scene , probably from an unidentified Tokaido set, 19th century
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Hiroshige, Unidentified image from a set of From Famous Views of Edo, 19th century
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Hiroshige, Unidentified image from a set of From Famous Views of Edo, 19th century
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Hiroshige, A Snowy Prospect - from the series A Modern Prince Genji, 1853
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Hiroshige, Untitled (Mandarin Ducks in Stream), circa 1840 - 1842
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Hiroshige, Tsumagome, no. 43 from the series Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido, 1835 - 1840
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Hiroshige, Untitled (Chinese Woman and Child), circa 1830 - 1831
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Hiroshige, Untitled (Yellow Bird and Clematis), circa 1835 - 1836
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Hiroshige III , View of Tokyo with a Picture of the Railroad at Takanawa, 19th century
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Hiroshige, Hiratsuka, no. 8 from a series of Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Gojusantsugi) , 1851
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Hiroshige II, Horses, a New Publication (Shimpan uma zukushi), circa 1847 - 1848
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Hiroshige, Untitled (Mandarin Ducks in Stream), circa 1843 - 1845

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Gibbes Museum of Art: Birds, Beasts and Bugs: Japanese Wood Block Prints
Birds, Beasts and Bugs features unique images of nature created by Japanese artists in the Edo period (1615-1868). Beyond portraying great aesthetic beauty, the woodblock prints highlighted in this exhibition dually function as meditations upon ma...
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa: From Woodblocks to Comics: The Japanese Impression
From classical Chinese painters Japanese artists borrowed the flat perspective that became a hallmark of their own art. In their ukiyo-e printmaking they developed their own delicate and graceful style that captured the work and pleasures of ev...
Royal Academy of Arts: The Dawn of The floating World
Pioneer artists such as Hishikawa Moronobu, Okumura Masanobu and Torii Kiyonobu developed an iconography which captured the spirit of the daily life and literature of Edo. High-ranked courtesans of the Yoshiwara pleasure quarter and actors of kabu...
Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea: Juan Navarro Baldeweg: Plastic Trajectory
The selection commences with four paintings of the sixties, related to American Post-painterly Abstraction. It also includes Conceptual works...
Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art at the Clark Center: The Japanese Journey: 'Traveling Images’ of Edo-period Japan
Using works from or related to the period, this exhibition explores travel’s role in Edo-period pictorial arts. The title phrase ‘traveling images’ refers both to images of real travel, and to the journey of pictorial styles and themes between ...
Van Gogh Museum: Reflections: Japan and Japonism

Come now, isn’t it almost a true religion which these simple Japanese teach us, who live in nature as though they themselves were flowers. And you cannot study Japanese art, it seems to me, without becoming much gayer and happier, and we must r...
PS1 Contemporary Art Center: Buzz Club: News from Japan
Animation, cell phone art, fashion, sculpture, anime, films, elaborate graphics, popular action figurines and models, electronic music and sound and light ins...
Cleveland Museum of Art: Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections
Although varied in approach, medium and style, modern Japanese prints retain an essential Japanese character. A respect for materials, frequently associated with Japanese artisans, is evident in the use of handmade papers and traditional tools. ...

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