Ando Utagawa Hiroshige, a woodblock print, 19th Century.
No 103: Senju Great Bridge (Senju no Ôhashi) from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei), signed Hiroshige ga. Sealed Aratame and dated 1856 (Dragon) I. 34 x22,5 cm.
Discolourations. Faded. Not examined out of frame.
C.f: Boston Museum of Fine Arts 11.16727; 21.10441; 21.10442.
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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