Ando Utagawa Hiroshige, 'Mishima: First Gate of the Shrine of Mishima Daimyōjin'.
'12 Mishima: First Gate of the Shrine of Mishima Daimyōjin' 三島 三島大明神一の鳥居 (Mishima, Mishima Daimyōjin Ichi no torii) ur serien 'The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road' vertikal,
五十三次名所図会 (Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue).
Tsuta-ya Kichizo (Koyeido) publisher seal.
Sheet size c. 37.5 x 25.3 cm. Frame 48 x 36 cm.
Minor creasings. Lower left corner with reinforcement verso.
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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