Utagawa Hiroshige 1
1797-1858
- Description
- A disciple of Utagawa Toyohiro. His father was a fire fighter and he followed in his father's footsteps in 1809 but became an ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world) artist thereafter. At first he worked on a wide variety of genres including bijin-ga (pictures of beautiful women), musha-e (prints of samurai or military subjects), omocha-e (toy pictures), yakusha-e (actor prints) and illustrations, but never became very popular. In the Tenpo Era (1830-44) he worked on and gained popularity for landscapes, establishing himself as a landscape artist.
- Active period
- Bunsei era(1818)?-the year of death
- Other Name(s)
- Ando Hiroshige, Ichiyusai, Ichiryusai, Ryusai
Source:Shozo vol.2
