Ando Utagawa Hiroshige, after, a woodblock print triptych, first part of the 20th Century.
Snow on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa setchū no zu [隅田川雪中の図]), from the series Views of the Four Seasons at Famous Places in Edo
(Edo meisho shiki no nagame
[江戸名所四季の詠ながめ]), signed. Three vertical ōban. I. 35,5 x 24,5 cm.
Partly worn. Faded. Minor stains. Not examined out of frame.
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C.f Harvard Art Museums 1933.4.5005; and National Diet Library 1304357.
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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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