Hokusai & Ukiyo-e Invites Visitors to Journey Back in Time Through an Art Collection Making Its U.S. Debut and Interactive ...

A visit to historic or meaningful trees provides a sense of connection to the wonder of the natural world. Vital parts of their ecosystems, trees also spark our imagination, inspire famous books ...

Together, the results illustrate how trees can “remember” times of abundance as well as scarcity. The latter, as illustrated by the spruce study, bodes well for trees’ ability to cope with a ...

Vincent van Gogh, Bloeiende pruimenboomgaard - naar Hiroshige (Flowering plum tree after Hiroshige), oil on canvas, 21.6 x 18.1, 1887 He collected hundreds of Japanese wood-block prints which inspired ...

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 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'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".

In 1867, just nine years after Hiroshige’s death, a new emperor restored imperial rule. Hiroshige: artist of the open road , which just opened at The British Museum , traces the remarkable variety of ...

The American businessman Alan Medaugh, 81, has spent 50 years building up an unparalleled collection of woodblock prints by the famed Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858).

HIROSHIGE: The British Museum ... OF THE OAK: One of the oldest trees at Kew Gardens is the focus of world-premiere digital art commission, Of The Oak, launching on Saturday.

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 ...