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Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese ukiyo-e artist (1797–1858)

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  • Works from the collections
  • Frequent collaborators

Images from the collections

Images by Utagawa Hiroshige

8 images from works
  • Seven blind masseurs fighting: a scene at Iwamurata. Coloured woodcut by Eisen and Hiroshige, 1839 (?).
  • Mount Fuji seen through the waves at Manazato no hama, in the Izu Penisula, south of the mountain. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige, 1852.
  • A scene inside an inn: left, a guest is waited on by a servant girl bringing food, and by a blind masseur; right, in another room, geishas apply cosmetics to their faces. Reprint (ca. 1900) of coloured woodcut by Hiroshige, 1834.
  • Six cranes flying upward above a breaking wave. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige, 1858.
  • A sumo contest in the precinct of Ekōin temple in Edo. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige, 1849/1850.
  • Mount Fuji seen from Kinegawa, a village on the far east side of Edo. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige, 1852.
  • Title page for the series of thirty-six views of the Eastern capital, Edo. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige.
  • Fuji seen from Kazusa province across the bay from Edo; a woman is led on horseback through a shinto gate. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige, 1858.

Works from the collections

46 works

    • Pictures

    Tsunohazu, Kumano Jūnisha shrine, commonly known as Jūnisō. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige, 1857.

    Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. | Date: 1857 | Reference: 37306i
    • Pictures

    Title page to the series of thirty-six views of famous places. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige, 1859.

    Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. | Date: Month 6, 1859 | Reference: 36939i
    • Pictures

    Mount Fuji seen from the west, from behind drying fishing nets. Colour woodcuts by Hiroshige, 1852.

    Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. | Date: 1852 | Reference: 37295i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A scene inside an inn: left, a guest is waited on by a servant girl bringing food, and by a blind masseur; right, in another room, geishas apply cosmetics to their faces. Reprint (ca. 1900) of coloured woodcut by Hiroshige, 1834.

    Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. | Date: 1900] | Reference: 565248i
    • Pictures

    Agricultural labourers harvesting a crop in the rain, on the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō highway. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige, 1849/1853.

    Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. | Date: 1849/1853 | Reference: 37276i

Frequent collaborators

Utagawa Kunisada

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