Born in Edo as Tokutaro Ando, Utagawa Hiroshige (also known as Andō Hiroshige) grew up in a minor samurai family. His father belonged to the firefighting force assigned to Edo Castle. It is here that Hiroshige was given his first exposure to art: legend has it that a fellow fireman tutored him in the Kano school of painting, though Hiroshige’s first official teacher was Rinsai.
Though Hiroshige tried to join Utagawa Toyokuni's studio, he was turned away. In 1811, young Hiroshige entered an apprenticeship with the celebrated Utagawa Toyohiro. After only a year, he was bestowed with the artist name Hiroshige. He soon gave up his role in the fire department to focus entirely on painting and print design. During this time he studied painting, intrigued by the Shijo school. Hiroshige’s artistic genius went largely unnoticed until 1832.
In Hiroshige's groundbreaking series of Japanese woodblock prints, The “53 Stations of the Tokaido” (1832–33), he captured the journey along the Tokaido road, the highway connecting Edo to Kyoto, the imperial capital. With the Tokugawa Shogunate relaxing centuries of age-old restrictions on travel, urban populations embraced travel art and Hiroshige became one of the most prominent and successful ukiyo-e artists. He also produced kacho-e (bird-and-flower pictures) to enormous success. In 1858, at the age of 61, he passed away as a result of the Edo cholera epidemic.
Original Hiroshige woodblock prints continue to convey the beauty of Japan and provide insight into the everyday life of its citizens during the Edo period. The appeal of his tender, lyrical landscapes was not restricted to the Japanese audience. Hiroshige’s work had a profound influence on the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists of Europe: Toulouse-Lautrec was fascinated with Hiroshige’s daring diagonal compositions and inventive use of perspective, while Van Gogh literally copied two of Hiroshige's prints from the famous series, “100 Famous Views of Edo” in oil paint.
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(Biography provided by Robert Azensky Fine Art)
Utagawa Ando Hiroshige Japanese Woodblock Print Yoroi Ferry at Koami-Cho
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Japanese woodblock print by famed Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige) (1797-1858) tilted "Yoroi Ferry at Koami-cho (Yoroi no ...
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$3,080
The Ferry at Sakasai - One Hundred Famous Views of EDO 名所江戸百景
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Hiroshige (1797-1858) - One Hundred Famous Views of EDO 名所江戸百景 Artist: 広重 Hiroshige (1797-1858) Series: One Hundred Famous Views of EDO (名所江戸百景) Title: The Ferry at Sakasai (逆井のわたし...
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Japanese Woodblock Print Famous Views of the Sixty-Odd Provinces by Hiroshige
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858) Series: Pictures of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces Number: 44 Oki Province: Takuhi Shrine Medium: Woodblock Print Date: 1853 (Kaei 6), 12th month Number of Prints: 70/70 (inc. Title Page) Format: Vertical Oban Size (H x W): 14" x 9.25" print only. Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ko-Sen Signature: Hiroshige hitsu Additional marks: Censor's seals: aratame, Ox 12 Displayed with mat and gilt wood frame. Reference: For an identical print, see the collection of MIA (Minneapolis Institute of Art) Accession Number P.75.51.398; MFA...
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Evening Bell at Mii-dera Temple -- Eight Views of Omi
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Artist: 広重 Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige) Title: Evening Bell at Mii-dera Temple ( 三井晚钟) Series: Eight Views of Omi ( 近江八景 ) Size: O-ban 大判 Age: 1857 安政4年 Rare full margin,...
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Utagawa Ando Hiroshige Japanese Woodblock Print Kinryuzan Temple, Asakusa
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Japanese woodblock print by famed Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige) (1797-1858) titled "Kinryuzan Temple, Asakusa" was initially conceived in 1856. It i...
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'View of Mitsuke', After Utagawa Hiroshige, Ukiyo-E Woodblock, Tokaido, Edo
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of Mitsuke in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, circa 1850. A figure on horseback...
Sumi Ink, Washi Paper
$1,080Sale Price|20% Off
The Ayase River and Kanegafuchi, Summer, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Soquel, CA
The Ayase River and Kanegafuchi, Summer, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo Summer on the Ayase River by Hiroshige (Ando) Utagawa (Japan, 1797 - 1858 ). Woodcut circa 1856. Ima...
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Utagawa Ando Hiroshige Woodblock Print J002, Japan, 1797-1858
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Norton, MA
Utagawa Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797 to 1858, woodblock prints on paper, Flowers and Bird signed and inscribed in Hieroglyphs and red ink stam...
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Minowa, Kanasugi and Mikawashima - One Hundred Famous Views of EDO 名所江戸百景
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Artist: 広重 Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige) Title: Minowa, Kanasugi and Mikawashima (蓑輪金杉三河しま, Minowa Kanasugi Mikawashima) Series: One Hundred Famous Views of EDO (名所江戸百景) Size...
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Hiroshige (1797-1858) - Ueno Yamashita
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Hiroshige Ando 1797-1858) Title: No.12 Ueno Yamashita Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (名所江戸百景) Size: O-ban 大判 Age: 1858 Fine impression, colo...
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Suwa Bluff, Nippori - One Hundred Famous Views of EDO
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Artist: 広重 Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige) Title: Suwa Bluff, Nippori (Meisho Edo hyakkei: Nippori, Suwa-no-dai) Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo Size: O-ban 大判 Age: 1857 ...
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Iwami Province, Mount Takatsu, Salt Beach - Famous Places in the 60-odd Province
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Artist: 広重 Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige) Title: Iwami Province, Mount Takatsu, Salt Beach Series: Famous Places in the 60-odd Provinces Size: O-ban 大判 Age: 1853 Publisher: Kos...
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Sanno Festival Procession at Kojimachi 1-chome - One Hundred Famous Views of EDO
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Artist: 広重 Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige) Title: Kojimachi itchome Sanno Matsuri nerikomi (Sanno Festival Procession at Kojimachi 1-chome) Series: One Hundred Famous Views of ...
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Edo Landscape Japanese Woodblock Print
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Houston, TX
Edo Meisho woodblock print of a famous Japanese coastal dock. This woodblock is most likely apart of the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo." The woodblock print is printed on r...
Woodcut
$120Sale Price|20% Off
Kameya Tea House Lithograph, Early 18th Century, 12.5x19 Inches
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Kameya - Tea House Lithography by Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige) Print in Good Condition Measures 12.5 in x 19 in
Lithograph
Hiroshige Ando Prints Nihonbashi & Hodogaya
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Cooperstown, NY
We have for consideration: Two Japanese Woodblock prints by the Uchida Art Co. Ltd. (Showa Period) from Kyoto, Japan made at and sold by Kyoto Handicraft Center in the 1950's. "Niho...
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$880Sale Price|20% Off
Ando Hiroshige woodblock print
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Pasadena, TX
Ando (Utagawa) Hiroshige was the master of the landscape. He thrived in the early part of the 19th century. His works of art are highly sought out. This is a very good addition to co...
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Japanese Woodblock Print Famous Views of the Sixty-Odd Provinces by Hiroshige
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858) Series: Pictures of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces Number: 5: Settsu Province: Sumiyoshi, Idemi Beach Medium: Woodblock Print Date: 1853 (Kaei 6), 7th month Number of Prints: 70/70 (inc. Title Page) Format: Vertical Oban Size (H x W): 14" x 9.25" print only. Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) Block Cutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take) Signature: Hiroshige hitsu Additional marks: Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Ox 7 Displayed with mat and gilt wood frame. Reference: For an identical print, see the collection of MFA Boston...
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Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige) -- Fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige) Fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge, circa 1840 - 1842 From the series "Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)" Original woodblock print Oban size Published ...
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Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige) -- Miyagino and Her Sister Shinobu
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Utagawa Hiroshige (Hiroshige Ando 1797-1858) Miyagino and Her Sister Shinobu, 1844 Series: Filial Piety and Revenge Woodblock Print O-ban size Publisher: Dansendo (Ibaya Sensaburo) S...
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Ando Hiroshige & Tokoyuni Kunisada Prince Genji in Exile at Suma Oban Triptych
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Studio City, CA
Stunning and rare, this beautiful and panoramic Japanese woodblock triptych print was produced in the 1850s in a now famed collaboration between renowned artists Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige and Utagawa (Toyokuni III) Kunisada. Hiroshige was the leading landscape print artist and Kunisada the leading actor and figure print artists of their era. The print has all the correct artist's (Hiroshige's red rectangular seal), publisher and date seals and stamps. It was originally purchased from the Franell Gallery which was located in the Okura Hotel in Tokyo in the late 1960s and 1970s and owned by American artist and writer Frances Blakemore...
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Utagawa Ando Hiroshige Japanese Woodblock Print No. 51 - Minakuchi Tôkaidô Road
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Japanese woodblock print by famed Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige) (1797-1858) tilted No. 51 - Minakuchi, from the series The Tôkaidô Road - The Fifty-t...
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'Courtesan and Young Man at Fuchu' Original Erotic Shunga Woodblock
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present work is an excellent example of the erotic Shunga prints produced by Utagawa 'Ando' Hioshige and his school. Shunga imagery became especially widespread in Japan with the...
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'Lovers of Okazaki' Original Erotic Shunga Woodblock Print by Utagawa Hiroshige
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present work is an excellent example of the erotic Shunga prints produced by Utagawa 'Ando' Hioshige and his school. Shunga imagery became especially widespread in Japan with the...
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Japanese Woodblock Print the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by Hiroshige
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858) Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Upright) Number: 40 Chiryu: The Former Site of the Irises at Eightbridge Village (Chiryu, Yatsuhashimura kakitsubata no koseki) Medium: Woodblock Print Date: 1855 Format: Vertical Oban Size (H x W): 14" x 9.25" print only. Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo Seals: Aratame and date Signature: Hiroshige hitsu...
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$5,280
Hiroshige (1797-1858) - Haneda ferry and Benten Shrine
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Hiroshige Ando 1797-1858) Title: Haneda ferry and Benten Shrine (Haneda no watashi Benton no yashiro) Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (名所江戸百景) ...
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Japanese Woodblock Print One Hundred Famous Views of Edo by Utagawa Hiroshige
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858) Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (1856-58) Number: 39 Distant View of Kinryuzan Temple and Azuma Bridge Publisher: Uoya Eikichi Format: Vertical Oban Number of Prints: 120/120 (inc. title page and a replacement print by Hiroshige II) Medium: Woodblock Print Date: 1857 (Ansei 4), 8th month Size (H x W): 14" x 9.25" print only. Signature: Hiroshige ga Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 8 No blockcutter's mark Reference: For a similar print, see the collection of Art Institution Chicago Accession Number 1938.536 and 1965.1062; MFA Boston...
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Saruwaka-machi District and Kinryûzan Temple Seen from Matsuchiyama
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Houston, TX
Three women in the Saruwaka-machi District with a view of Kinryûzan Temple seen from the famous landmark Matsuchiyama. The woodblock print is from the series "Famous Places in Edo". ...
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Japanese Woodblock Print the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by Hiroshige
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858) Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Upright) Number: 6 Totsuka: View of Fuji from the Mountain Road (Totsuka, Sando yori Fuji chobo) Medium: Woodblock Print Date: 1855 Format: Vertical Oban Size (H x W): 14" x 9.25" print only. Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo Seals: Aratame and date Signature: Hiroshige hitsu...
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Hiroshige (1797-1858) - View of Kasumigaseki (Kasumigaseki no zu) 東都名所
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Artist: 広重 Hiroshige (1797-1858) Series: Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho) (東都名所) Title: View of Kasumigaseki (Kasumigaseki no zu) 霞がせきの図 Size: O-ban 大判 24.2 x 36...
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