UTAGAWA Hirosige I / 初代目歌川広重
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Ukiyo-e painter, printmaker. Lived in Edo; son of an official of the fire department assigned to Edo Castle. Early interested in art, his first teacher Okajima Rinsai; then tried unsuccessfully to enter Utagawa Toyokuni’s studio; at about 14 became a pupil of Utagawa Toyohiro. Aiso studied nanga painting under Ooka Umpo; interested in Western art and the work of the Shijo school. Gave up his hereditary position in the fire department to his son, leaving himself free to devote himself to painting and designing prints. In 1812, took name of Hiroshige. In 1833, the year following a trip on the Tokaido, produced his famous Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi (Fifty-three Stations on the Tokaido). Gradually gave up figure prints for landscapers and kachoga; subject matter provided by many trips throughout Japan. Enormous production of single sheets, prints in series, sketches, paintings: about 8,000 known items. Delightful, charming, dextrous artist of Japanese life and topography; deservedly popular in the West, more than any other printmaker responsible for the Westerner’s view of "quaint Japan". The prints and sketches show great technical virtuosity, a naturalistic viewpoint; the paintings are rather dull, less interesting.
Roberts, Laurance, P. "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1980, p. 44-45
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A series of Flowers and Birds, different series After 1832 А-27385 |
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C. 1830s А-29177 |
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4. Theatre District at Nicho-Machi A series of Famous Places of the Eastern Capital (“Tōto meisho”) 1833 А-18898 |
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A series of 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō 1833–1834 А-723 |
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A series of 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō 1833–1834 А-733 |
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Red Maples near Kaianji Temple A series of Famous Places of the Eastern Capital (“Tōto meisho”) C. 1833 А-32101 |
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Seki. Early Departure from the Inn. A series of 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō 1833–1834 А-753 |
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A series of 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō 1833–1834 А-747 |
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A series of 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō 1833–1834 А-727 |
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A series of 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō 1833–1834 А-757 |
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Ishiyakushi. The Ishiyakushi Temple. A series of 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō 1833–1834 А-752 |
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A series of 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō 1833–1834 А-712 |
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Kioto. The Great Bridge at Sanjo. A series of 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō Ок. 1833‐1835 А-760 |
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Kusatsu. The Famous Ubumochiya Restaurant A series of 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō 1833–1834 А-758 |
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Kuwana. The Sailing Boats Landing at the Mouth of Kiso River A series of 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō 1833–1834 А-750 |
