Born as the son of a lowly samurai in Edo (now Tokyo), Hiroshige, whose civil name was Ando Tokutaro, followed his father in the office of a fireman in a higher position. He lost his parents at the age of 12. Despite his professional position, it may have been more the adverse living conditions than an obvious talent that led the young man to become an artist. During his apprenticeship in the workshop of the printing master Utagawa Toyohiro, who gave him the name "Hiroshige" and that of his school "Utagawa", he learned from observation and acquired the skills to handle brush and drawing pencil. These were the indispensable prerequisites for creating patterns for the traditional woodblock prints. First illustrations appeared after 1818.
The spectrum of his works encompasses the themes and motifs common in Japanese woodblock prints of the 19th century: depictions of scenes of everyday life, nature and landscape, special events, and individual persons, including often graceful female figures. The publication of the series "The 53 Stations of Tokaido" is considered one of the highlights of his artistic practice. This series of 55 sheets, created between the early 1830s and 1835, shows the landscapes and people typical of him in naturalistic depiction and elegant drawing and colouring. In their coloration, form and balance of composition, they had a significant impact beyond Japan on European painting of the late 19th century.
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.jpg "Asakusa Rice Fields During the Festival of the Cock, c.1857 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "View of the Naruto Whirlpools at Awa, from the Series")
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.jpg "Panorama of Views of Kanazawa Under Full Moon, from the Series")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-377505).jpg "The Jumantsubo Plain in Susaki near Fukagawa by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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 from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (F - (MeisterDrucke-20364).jpg "Tsuki Plain in Kai Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Suigin Grove and Masaki, on the Sumida River, from")
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.jpg "Snow at Benzaiten Shrine in the Pond of Inokashira, 1843-1847 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Red Snapper and Halfbeak by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Colored Leaves at Kaianji Temple by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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 from the series 100 Views of Edo 1857 pub 1859 (aiban size colour woodblock print) (see also 167548) - (MeisterDrucke-104352).jpg "Sudden Shower at Ohashi Bridge at Ataka, from the series")
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.jpg "Asakusa Rice Fields during the festival of the Cock from the series")
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.jpg "Returning Sails at Yabase from the Series Eight Views of Omi by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Cherry Blossoms at Arashiyama by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Moon through Leaves, c. 1832 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "View of Mount Haruna in the Snow, from")
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.jpg "New Year")
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.jpg "Satta Pass, Yui, c. 1833 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-67553).jpg "The Wave, from the series")
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.jpg "The Sea at Satta, Suruga Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Asakusa Rice Fields during the festival of the Cock from the series")
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.jpg "Asakusa Rice Fields and Festival of Torinomachi from the Series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1857 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-272833).jpg "Sparrows and Morning Glories by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Open Garden at the Hachiman Shrine in Fukagawa. One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, c. 1858 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Rough Seas at Shichiri Beach in Sagami Province from the Series Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji, c.1851-2 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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 from the series 100 Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) pub by Uoya Eikichi 1857 (colour woodblock print) (see 65424) - (MeisterDrucke-75051).jpg "Eagle Over 100,000 Acre Plain at Susaki, Fukagawa (")
 from the series 100 Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) pub by Uoya Eikichi 1857 (colour woodblock print) (see 65424) - (MeisterDrucke-75051).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-145215).jpg "Ocean off Satta, April 1858 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "The Rapids of Naruto in Awa Province by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Fuji from the Mountains of Isu, No.22 from the series")
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.jpg "The monkey bridge in the Kai province, from the series")
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.jpg "Otoko-yama Mountain Seen From Hirakata, Kawachi Province by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Forest of Suijin Shrine and Masaki on the Sumida River, August 1856 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-597994).jpg "Owl on a pine branch by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Distanced View of Mugen Mountain and Night Weeping Stone at Sayo Mountain-Pass, Nissaka, 1841-1842 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Maruko--Famous Tea House by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-250630).jpg "A Cool Summer Evening at Ryogoku, 1848-51 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Ashida, from Sixty-nine Stations on the Kisokaido Highway, c.1838 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Distant View of Atake in Evening Shower Over the Ohashi Bridge by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Willow, Cherry Blossoms, Sparrows and Swallow by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Evening Snow at Kanbara from the Series 53 Stations of the Tokaido by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Asakusa Rice Fields during the Festival of the Cock from the Series")
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.jpg "Edo: Asakusa Fair by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-56892).jpg "Branch of a Flowering Plum Tree by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-52186).jpg "Bird and bamboo by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_early_1830s_-_(MeisterDrucke-301304).jpg "Duck and Snowy Reeds by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Plum Garden in Kamata by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-181672).jpg "Bingo--Kannon Temple at Abuto, December 1853 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_1830-1858_-_(MeisterDrucke-273552).jpg "Titmouse on Camelia by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_from_the_series_One_Hundred_Famous_Vi_-_(MeisterDrucke-1287132).jpg "Irises at Horikiri, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Yuhi Hill and the Drum Bridge at Meguro by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Crane Flying Over Wave by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Cool of the Evening at Shijo Riverbank, c. 1834 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Niigata in Echigo Province, August 1858 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Lady Murasaki at Ishiyamadera Temple, 1847-1848 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-102249).jpg "Returning Sails at Yabase, from the series,")
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_section_of_a_sheet_from_the_series_Cuto_-_(MeisterDrucke-1289842).jpg "Toyo River at Yoshida, from the series")
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.jpg "Numazu: Mount Fuji and Mount Ashigara in Clear Weather after Snow, no. 13, from the series \"Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations,\" also known as the Vertical Tokaido by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Goyu: Waitresses Soliciting Travellers, from the series")
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.jpg "Kyoto Bridge by Moonlight, from the Series")
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.jpg "A Golden Pheasant Perched on a Steep Snowy Hillside amid Small Pine Saplings by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Red Snapper, Sea Bass and Perilla by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Fox Fires on New Year")
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.jpg "Fuji from Yuhi-Ga, Megwo, No.10 from the Series")
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.jpg "Kingfisher above a Yellow-flowered Water Plant by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Abe River, Fuchu, c. 1833 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Ferry Gate of Shichiri, Kuwana by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Snow at Akashi, January 1854 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_from_the_series_Six_Jewel_Rivers_(Mu_-_(MeisterDrucke-1282556).jpg "Koya Jewel River in Kii Province, from the Series")
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.jpg "The Spiral Hall of the Temple of the Five Hundred Arhats, from the Series")
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_no_48_fro_-_(MeisterDrucke-1615901).jpg "Seki: Junction of the Pilgrim")
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_from_the_series_Thirty-six_Views_of_-_(MeisterDrucke-1303451).jpg "Futami Bay in Ise Province, from the series \"Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji\" by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_from_the_seri_-_(MeisterDrucke-1302868).jpg "Yuhi Hill at Meguro in the Eastern Capital, from the Series")
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_from_the_series_Famous_Places_in_t_-_(MeisterDrucke-1293664).jpg "Hida Province: Basket Ferry (Hida, Kagowatashi) from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue) by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Geese Homing at Katada by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Bird on Cherry Branch, 1847-1852 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Shinagawa: Departure of a Daimyo, in Later Editions Called Sunrise, No.2 from the Series")
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_from_t_-_(MeisterDrucke-1277729).jpg "Enjoying the Evening Cool on the Riverbed at Shijo, from the Series \"Famous Places in Kyoto\" by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Cherry Blossom Time in Nakanoch of the Yoshiwara from the series Famous Places of Edo by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-68817).jpg "Commodore Perry")
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_Beach_Awaji_Province_September_1855_-_(MeisterDrucke-308379).jpg "Goshiki (Five-color) Beach, Awaji Province, September 1855 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-185608).jpg "Geese against the Moon, 1837-44 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Abalone, Half Beak, and Peach blossom by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "36 Views of Mount Fuji - #3. Sukiyagashi by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Kameyama--Clear Weather after Snow by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Mount Haruna in Snow, Kozuke Province, August 1853 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Umegawa at Yanagibashi in Ryogoku, c. 1835-1842 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Odawara: Sakawa River by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Autumn Moon over Mokuboji Temple, c. 1840-1842 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "View of a Pilgrimage to the Cave and Shrine of Benzaiten at Enoshima, Sagami, c.1850-51 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "View of the Monkey Bridge in Koshu Province, 1841-1842 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_from_the_series_Thirty-six_View_-_(MeisterDrucke-1294882).jpg "In the Mountains of Izu Province, from the series \"Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji\" by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "The Lady Fujitsubo watching Prince Genji departing in the moonlight, 1853 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_from_the_series_Thirty-six_Vi_-_(MeisterDrucke-1300208).jpg "Asuka Hill in the Eastern Capital (Toto Asukayama), from the series")
_from_the_series_Thirty-six_Vi_-_(MeisterDrucke-1300208).jpg)
_from_the_series_Famous_Places_in_Kyoto_-_(MeisterDrucke-1297670).jpg "The Gion Shrine in Snow, from the Series")
_from_the_series_Famous_Places_in_Kyoto_-_(MeisterDrucke-1297670).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-323415).jpg "Hakone: View of the Lake, c.1832-33 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Carp, 1830-1844 by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Fuji from Koshigaya, Mushashi, No.14 from the Series")
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.jpg "36 Views of Mt. Fuji - 11. Wild Goose Hill and the Tone River by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Nihonbashi Bridge and Edo Bridge by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Crane, Waves, and Rising Sun by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Bluebirds with Morning Glories and Lespedeza by Utagawa Hiroshige")
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