Ando Utagawa Hiroshige,
Two woodblock prints. "Clearing Weather at Awazu" 粟津晴嵐 (Awazu seiran) and "Evening Bell at Mii-dera Temple" 三井晩鐘 (Mii banshō). Both from the series "Eight Views of Omi" 近江八景 (Ōmi hakkei). Image area approx. 31.5 x 21 cm. Frames 43 x 31.5 cm.
Not examined out of frames. Faded.
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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