Ando Utagawa Hiroshige, after, four woodblock prints.
'The Tomioka Hachiman Shrine at Fukagawa' from the series 'Famous Places in the Bay Capital'
Sheet size oban yoko-e 23 x 36 cm.
'Shinagawa: Daimyo’s departure' from the series 'The Fifty-three Stations along the Tōkaidō' 東海道五十三次之内 (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi), also known as 'the First Tōkaidō' or 'Hōeidō Tōkaidō'.
Sheet size oban yoko-e 24 x 36.5 cm.
'Act IX' (Kudanme), from the series 'The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers' (Chûshingura).
Sheet size oban yoko-e 21.5 x 33.5 cm.
'Nihonbashi Bridge' from the series 'Famous Places in Edo', also called 'The Bay Capital' (Kôto meisho).
Sheet size oban tate-e 23 x 36 cm
Unframed. Stains. Faded. Creases. Holes.
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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