Utagawa Hiroshige, after, a coloured woodblock print. Japan, early 20th century.
No. 7, Fujisawa: Fuji on the Left at Nanki no Matsubara (Fujisawa, Nanki no Matsubara hidari no Fuji), from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations, 32,2 x 21,5 cm.
Damages. Not framed. Attached to paper. Cut down.
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More about Ando Utagawa Hiroshige
Ando Hiroshige is one of the most renowned a Japanese painters born in Edo. He began his artistic career as an apprentice to Utagawa Toyohiro. After completing his training, Hiroshige took his teacher's name and started signing his works Utagawa Hiroshige. Hiroshige painted motifs from everyday life, and it is said that he decided to become an artist after seeing the works of the contemporary artist Hokusai. Hiroshige transformed ordinary landscapes into intimate, lyrical scenes. He is particularly known for his beautiful landscape images in the woodblock printing technique and has painted portraits of young women and actors. His masterpiece is considered to be the work “Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido.”
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