Hiroshige made thousands of designs - as well as paintings and illustrations for books - and this collection at the British Museum showcases over 100 of the surviving prints, many never been seen ...

Hiroshige was born Andō Tokutarō in Edo, now Tokyo, in 1797 to a samurai family. He was orphaned by the age of 12, whereupon he inherited his father’s role as a fire warden for Edo Castle.

Hiroshige’s Yoshiwara: The Field of Floating Islands in the Fuji Marsh (1855), The Sagami River (1858) and Ishiyakushi: The Yoshitsune Cherry Tree near the Noriyori Shrine (1855) Van Gogh Museum ...

The British Museum’s major new tribute to the 19th-century Japanese master Utagawa Hiroshige is an exquisite foil for modern life. ... blossoming plum trees, swooping kingfishers – that hits ...

In Hiroshige’s rendering of Nakatsugawa, now a city of around 80,000, ... a collection of traditional houses set among the trees. Related: 25 Most Beautiful Places in Japan.

Hiroshige made thousands of designs - as well as paintings and illustrations for books - and this collection at the British Museum showcases over 100 of the surviving prints, many never been seen ...

View Maple Trees at Mama, Tekona Shrine and Linked Bridge Mama no momiji Tekona no yashiro Tsugihashi, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo Meisho Edo hyakkei by Utagawa Hiroshige on artnet ...

London’s first Hiroshige exhibition in more than 25 years wants to give us a fuller sense of the artist than has been seen before – to show that Hiroshige was more than just a landscape artist ...

Hiroshige's pictures see people delighting in transient moments, from "a shower of rain or fresh crisp snow to a restaurant meal or trip to the theatre".

Utagawa Hiroshige, “Maple Trees at Mama, Tekona Shrine and Linked Bridge” (1857), woodblock print Get the latest art news, reviews and opinions from Hyperallergic. Daily ...

Utagawa Hiroshige; Onagigawa Gohonmatsu (Five Pine Trees at the Onagi Canal) from the "Meisho Edo hyakkei" series, 1856; 35.7 x 24.3 cm. (14.1 x 9.6 in.) ...

In Hiroshige’s rendering of Nakatsugawa, now a city of around 80,000, white egrets hide in tall river grasses, ... a collection of traditional houses set among the trees.