Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Ando Hiroshige was born in Edo in 1797, the son of the warden of the fire department assigned to Edo Castle. He showed an early interest in art and first studied under Okajime Rinsai. In 1811, at the age of 14, he became a pupil of Utagawa Toyohiro and also studied "Nanga" painting under Ooka Umpo. During this period he became interested in Western art.

In 1812, he was rewarded with the "nom d'artiste" Utagawa Hiroshige. Ando Hiroshige is his actual name. In 1833, the year following his trip along the Tokaido as a minor retainer in an official mission of the Shogun of the Kyoto Court, he produced his famous "Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi", (53 Stations of the Tokaido Trail). He gradually gave up figure prints for landscape and "Kacho-ga", subject matter provided by many trips throughout Japan. Hiroshige was very prolific and his total production numbers about 8,000 known works of art.

His delightful, charming and dexterious portrayal of Japanese life and topography made Ando Hiroshige deservedly popular in the West, and more than any other printmaker, he was responsible for the Westerner's view of "quaint Japan". His prints and sketches show great technical virtuosity and a naturalistic yet often dramatic view point. When the Japanese print was re-discovered in Europe at the end of the 19th Century, it was Hiroshige who gave Western artists -- including Whistler, Cezanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, Gauguin and Van Gogh -- a new vision of nature.

Famous Prints:

• Hiroshige 53 Stations of the Tokaido Trail
• Hiroshige 36 Views of Fuji
• Hiroshige Hoeido Tokaido
• Hiroshige 100 Views of Edo
• Hiroshige 60 odd Provinces
• Hiroshige Reisho Tokaido Japanese prints
• Hiroshige Kisokaido Series Woodblock Prints
• 53 Stations of the Tokaido Trail

Hiroshige Tanzaku Nature Japanese Woodblock Prints

• Landscapes Snow Scenes
• Hiroshige Ukiyoe Printmaker
• Hiroshige Toto Meisho
• Hiroshige Shono
• Hiroshige Kambara
• Hiroshige Hakone Japanese
• Hiroshige Ohashi Bridge
• Hiroshige Gyosho Tokaido
• Hiroshige Birds and Flowers Prints
• Hiroshige Kacho-e

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Bamboo Yards, Kyobashi Bridge   Utsu Mountain at Okabe   Nagato Province, Shimonoseki   Distant View of Kinryuzan Temple and the Azuma Bridge   Ferry Boat at Oumayagashi   Totsuka (The Crossroads at Motomachi)   Flower Pavilion, Dango Slope, Sendagi   Silk Goods Lane, Odenma-cho   Etchu Province, Toyama, Pontoon   Awa Province, Kominato, Uchiura   Echizen Province, Tsuruga, Kehi Pine Grove   Izumo Province, Taisha, Depiction of the Hotohoto Festival

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Artist Bio Index:

18th & 19th C. Artists:				Hiroshige Chikanobu Eisen Eizan Gakutei Hirosada Hiroshige II Hokusai Kunichika Kunisada Kuniyoshi Kyosai (Gyosai) Shunsho Toyokuni I Toyokuni III Yoshitoshi
20th C. Artists:				Bertha Lum Charles Bartlett Chiura Obata Clifton Karhu Cyrus Leroy Baldridge Elizabeth Keith Hajime Namiki Haku Maki Hashiguchi Goyo Helen Hyde Hiroshi Yoshida Ito Shinsui Joichi Hoshi Katsunori Hamanishi Kawase Hasui Kawase Hasui   (Posthumous) Kiyoshi Saito Koshiro Onchi Ohara Shoson   (Koson) Paul Jacoulet Ryohei Tanaka Sadao Watanabe Shigeki Kuroda Shinichi Nakazawa Shiro Kasamatsu Yamamoto Shoun Sugiura Tadashi Nakayama Takahashi Hiroaki   (Shotei) Toko Shinoda Tomoo Inagaki Toraji Ishikawa Torii Kotondo Toshi Yoshida Tsuchiya Koitsu Tsuruya Kokei Umetaro Azechi Unichi Hiratsuka Yoshitoshi Mori Yuji Hiratsuka
China Trade:				Auguste Borget Chinese School Edward Hildebrandt Thomas Allom William Alexander
Modern Originals:				Carol Jessen
Natural History:				J. James Audubon Mark Catesby John Gould
Antique Maps:				Conrad Lotter Gilles Robert Gerard de Jode Henricus Hondius Jan Huygen John Tallis Matthaeus Seutter Nicolas Sanson

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