Ando Utagawa Hiroshige, among others, four woodblock prints, 19th/20 century.
(1): Hiroshige, Station 20, Fuchû, Second Street in the Licensed Pleasure Quarter, (Fuchu, Nicho-machi kuruwa no zu), 府中 二丁町廓之図 from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road; (2): Utagawa Kunisada, actor; (3) Unknown artist, Surimono with fuji in winter landscape; (4) Unknown artist, Manga with scenes from everyday life. Different formats: I. 23,5 x 17 - 36,5 x 24,5 cm.
Damages. Not examined out of frame.
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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