Utagawa Hiroshige, born at the end of the 18th century in old Edo (today's Tokyo), grew up in modest circumstances as the son of a fireman and lowly samurai. Orphaned at a young age, he inherited his father's office at the age of 13 and from then on had to protect the city's palace grounds from fires. His work yielded only a modest wage, but left him enough time to further his artistic education. Soon after, he became a student of the Utagawa school of woodblock printmakers and learned the ancient art of Japanese woodblock printing (ukiyo-e). A few years later he finished his training and received the artist's name Hiroshige, which was traditionally supplemented by the school name. The star of the young Utagawa Hiroshige to one of the greatest artists of Japan could rise!
His career settled into a leisurely pace at first until, now 35 years old, he embarked on a journey that would inspire his most famous early works. Commissioned by the Shōgun to ferry horses to the imperial court, he followed the Tōkaidō route along the coastline from Edo to the ancient imperial city of Kyōto, one of the most important trade routes of the day. Along the stops on his journey, he met farmers, merchants, and religious pilgrims, and made numerous sketches of his journey full of inspiration. When he finally returned to Edo, he created a series of prints for landscape paintings, the "53 Stations of the Tōkaidō." These show travelers, porters, and ferrymen along the Tōkai Road against the background of typical Japanese landscapes such as river courses, lakes or sea bays, fields, or mountain ranges, as well as quiet village street scenes and stops at rest houses and temples. It is also striking that these travel pictures do not reflect a uniform season, but combine in artistic freedom changing seasonal impressions with different light and weather moods, sun and rain, fog or snow.
His detailed drawings were finally engraved in wooden plates, in order to coat these printing blocks with suitable colors and thus allow the reproduction of the images. Even outside Japan, the woodblock prints produced in this way quickly became sought-after collector's items and inspired, above all, Impressionist and Expressionist artists such as Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet to create Japanese-inspired works of so-called Japonism. Towards the end of his life, only a few years before his death, Hiroshige created the drawings for another series, the "100 Famous Views of Edo", which as a mature work of old age became the culmination of his artistic work and his greatest legacy. They reflect the entire diversity of Japanese culture, with views of Mount Fuji, cultivated landscapes, blossoming cherry trees, shrines and ancient temple gardens being essential motifs. After creating a body of work of over 8000 paintings, Hiroshige finally retired from the world and concluded his days as a Buddhist monk at the age of 62.
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.jpg "Night Snow, Kambara, Illustration from the Series")
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.jpg "Kinryuzan Temple at Asakusa, from the series \"One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo\" by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Titmouse and Camellias, Sparrow and Wild Roses and Black-naped Oriole and Cherry Blossoms, c.1833 by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Kamaya, Oigawa Embo, Further Bank of the Oi River, No.25 from the series")
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.jpg "Maples at Mama, from the Series")
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.jpg "View of Mount Fuji from Satta Point in the Suruga Bay by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Amaterasu the goddess of the Sun on Mount Fuji by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Red Maple Leaves at Tsuten Bridge, from the Series")
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.jpg "Rough Seas at the Whirlpools of Awa by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Ohashi, Sudden Shower at Atake, from the Series")
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.jpg "Yūhi Hill and Drum Bridge at Meguro by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Satta Pass by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Forest of Suijin Shrine and Masaki on the Sumida River, 1856, 8th month by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Ohashi, Sudden Shower at Atake, from the series \"One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo\" by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Cherry-tree Well at Benkei Moat Outside Sakurada by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Taira no Kiyomori Haunted by Spectres by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1033875).jpg "Geese Flying across Full Moon by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "A Bridge in Yedo with Mount Fuji in the Background by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-974633).jpg "Hibiscus and Black-naped Oriole by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1455682).jpg "Matsuchiyama, San")
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.jpg "Fujikawa by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Numazu: Twilight from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, c.1831-1834 by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Ishiyakushi: Ishiyakushi Temple from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Yui: Satta Peak from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, c.1831-1834 by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Saka no shita: View of Mount Fudesute from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, c.1831-1834 by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1645188).jpg "No. 29 Mitsuke - Tenryu River, Edo Period by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Hara: Mount Fuji in the morning from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, c.1831-1834 by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Zojoji Temple in Shiba from the series Famous Places in Edo by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Futagawa: Monkey Plateau from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, c.1831-1834 by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1645159).jpg "No. 20 Fuchu - Abe River, Edo Period by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Goyu. Women stopping travellers in the street. From the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1645324).jpg "Cherry Blossoms on Naka-no-cho in the Yoshiwara by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Okabe: Utsu Mountain from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, c.1831-1834 by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Fujieda: Transfer from Horse to Manpower. From the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, c.1831-1834 by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Act XI. First Episode. Ronin crossing a bridge on the way to Moronao")
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.jpg "No. 30 Hamamatsu - A Desolate Winter Scene, Edo Period by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Oiso: Tora")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1645170).jpg "No. 4 Kanagawa - Embankment, Edo Period by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1644859).jpg "No. 11 Hakone - Lake Scene, Edo Period by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Fukuroi: Tea stall from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, c.1831-1834 by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Kanaya: Far Bank of the Oi River from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Bow-shaped Crescent Moon from the series Twenty-eight Views of the Moon by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1645158).jpg "No. 50 Tsuhiyama - Spring Rain, Edo Period by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Shimada: Suruga bank of the Oi River from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, c.1841-1843 by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1644895).jpg "No. 32 Arai - Ferry Boats, Edo Period by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Akasaka: Inn with serving maids from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Autumn Moon over the New Yoshiwara from the series Famous Views of the Eastern Capital, c.1837-1838 by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Odawara: Sakawa River from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Snow on the Sumida River from the series Views of the Four Seasons at Famous Places in Edo by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "The female samurai warrior Tomoe Gozen with a poem by Emperor Koko by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Shin Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival from the series Famous Places in Edo by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1645156).jpg "No. 21 Mariko, Edo Period by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Ochanomizu from the series Famous Views of the Eastern Capital by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "No. 36 Goyu - Waitresses Soliciting Travellers, Edo Period by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Evening View of Mount Hakone, Hakone by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Red maple trees at the Tsutenkyo Bridge from the series Famous Places in Kyoto by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "No. 15 Yoshiwara - Mount Fuji on the Left, Edo Period by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Cool of the Evening at Shijo Riverbank from the series Famous Places in Kyoto by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Mariko: Famous Tea shop from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Uraga in Snow, Edo Period by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Kusatsu: Famous Post House from the Series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Maisaka: View of Imagiri from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Evening Cherry Blossom in Yoshiwara, Edo Period by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Moonlit evening at Takanawa from the series Famous Views of the Eastern Capital by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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i_-_The_Roadside_Pines_UnderFull_Moon_Edo_Period_-_(MeisterDrucke-1645157).jpg "No. 26 Moonlight (Mochizuki) - The Roadside Pines Under Full Moon, Edo Period by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Spring View at the foot of Asuka Hill from the series Famous Views of the Eastern Capital by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Fujikawa: Scene at post")
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.jpg "Nissaka: Sayo Mountain Pass from The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1449998).jpg "Station 24, Shimada by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Carp, from the series Collection of Fish by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Yokkaichi: Mie River from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, c.1831-1834 by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-649703).jpg "Japanese Horse Mackerel and Japanese Tiger Prawn by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_19th_century_Pari_-_(MeisterDrucke-955443).jpg "Samurai Battle by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Minakuchi: Noted Pickles from the Series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_Serie_ce_-_(MeisterDrucke-1323371).jpg "Susaki and the Jumantsubo Plain near Fukagawa (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo) by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-907021).jpg "Caves at Enoshima, Sagami Province by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "The Sea off Satta in Suruga Province, from the series")
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.jpg "A Cat Sitting on the Window Seat by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Yoshida: Toyokawa River Bridge from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1031179).jpg "T?eizan Temple at Ueno by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "A Red Plum Branch against the Summer Moon, c.1840 by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Night Snow, Kambara, from the series")
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.jpg "Narumi: Famous Arimatsu tie-dyed fabric from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, c.1831-1834 by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1449777).jpg "Station 35, Yoshida; Kyoka Tokaido Series by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_(see_also_371778)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1454590).jpg "Kyoka Tokaido Series - Ishibe by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "The Lake at Hakone, from the series")
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.jpg "The Sea off Satta in Suruga Province by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Shirasuka: View of Shiomizaka from the Series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "No. 5, Hodogaya: The Katabira River and Katabira Bridge by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Towboats on the Yotsugi dori Canal by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "The Lake at Hakone, from")
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.jpg "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Cherry Blossoms on the Banks of the Tama River by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-902591).jpg "Snow Scene in the Garden of a Daimyo, part of Triptych by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Sudden Shower, Oiso, from the series")
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.jpg "The Famous Teahouse at Mariko, from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_A_larriere_p_-_(MeisterDrucke-1314307).jpg "The Dyers District in Kanda. One Hundred Famous Views Of Edo. Japanese print by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-974700).jpg "No. 47, Ōi by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Azuma no Mori Shrine and the Entwined Camphor by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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