Printmaker and painter
Utagawa Hiroshige
歌川広重 (also 安藤広重, Ando Hiroshige)
Printmaker of rain, snow, mist and moonlight in the landscapes of old Japan.
On Picturepops™ cards · 12
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Cherry Blossoms at Arashiyama, Kyotoby Utagawa Hiroshige$13.00$18.00 -
Tanabata Festival, Tokyoby Utagawa Hiroshige$13.00$18.00 -
Shower Then Blue Skyby Hiroshige$13.00$18.00 -
The Wild Geeseby Hiroshige$13.00$18.00 -
Walking and Talkingby Hiroshige$13.00$18.00 -
People by the Scoreby Hiroshige$13.00$18.00 -
New Years Sparrowsby Hiroshige$13.00$18.00 -
Swiftly I'll Fly to Theeby Hiroshige$13.00$18.00 -
Sleep Baby Sleepby Hiroshige$13.00$18.00 -
Our Exceeding Loveby Hiroshige$13.00$18.00 -
Snow in the Nightby Hiroshige$13.00$18.00 -
Eight Views of Kanazawaby Utagawa Hiroshige$13.00$18.00
The life
1797-1858Born Edo (now Tokyo), Japan
Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重), also called Ando Hiroshige, was born in Edo, now Tokyo, into a family of fire wardens. Orphaned at twelve, he trained with Utagawa Toyohiro and at first drew actors and beautiful women. A journey on the Tokaido road led to The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (1833-34), which made his name. He went on to design thousands of prints of landscapes, birds and flowers, using soft color gradations and the weather: rain, snow, mist and moonlight. His last great series, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (1856-58), was almost finished when he died in 1858. Van Gogh later copied two of its prints in oil. Picturepops cards use views from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, his other landscapes and his bird-and-flower prints.