Ando Utagawa Hiroshige, Hiroshige, after, three woodblock prints in colour, early 20th Century.

Three sheets from "The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
東海道五十三次之内 (Kichizo Tōkaidō). Image size 17 x 23 cm.

3 Kawasaki: the Rokugō Ferry
(Rokugō no watashi)
川崎　六郷の渡

16 Kanbara: Ferry on the Fuji River
(Fujikawa funawatari)
蒲原　富士川舟渡

33 Futakawa: Post House at Monkey Plain, Famous Oak-leaf Dumplings (Saru-ga-baba tateba, meibutsu kashiwa mochi)
二川　猿が馬場立ば　名物柏もち.

Glued onto panel. Wear. Surface has been treated. Yellowed.

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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