Antique Japanese Print by Hiroshige, Block 53 stations of Tokaido Road Japan

Antique Japanese Blockprint Painting Japan Edo or Meiji. A very nice blockprint. Additional information: Type: Paintings, Scrolls & Prints Region of Origin: Japan Country of Manufa...

A very nice block print by Hiroshige Mountains and Rivers of Kiso Additional information: Material: Paper Region of Origin: Japan Period: 19th century Japan Dynasty Period: Meiji Pe...

A very nice block print by Hiroshige Additional information: Material: Paper Region of Origin: Japan Period: 19th century Japan Dynasty Period: Meiji Period (1867-1912) Condition: P...

A very nice block print by Kunisada 1850’s Additional information: Material: Paper Region of Origin: Japan Period: 19th century Japan Dynasty Period: Meiji Period (1867-1912) Condit...

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858) Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Upright) Number: 40 Chiryu: The Former Site of the Irises at Eightbridge Village (Chiryu, Yatsuhashimura kakitsubata no koseki) Medium: Woodblock Print Date: 1855 Format: Vertical Oban Size (H x W): 14" x 9.25" print only. Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo Seals: Aratame and date Signature: Hiroshige hitsu...

Antique Japanese Wood Block Print “Miya Shichiri Ferry Crossing” From The Tokaido Series Signed By Utagawa Hiroshige 19thC Measures - 17" x 20 3/4" x 3/4" This is a Japanese woodbl...

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重 Woodblock from"The 53 Stations of the Tokaido" 1832 Artist: Hiroshige Utagawa was born in Edo as Tokutaro Ando and grew up in a minor samurai family. His father belonged to the firefighting force assigned to Edo Castle. It is here that Hiroshige was given his first exposure to art: legend has it that a fellow fireman tutored him in the Kano School of Painting, though Hiroshige’s first official teacher was Rinsai. Though Hiroshige tried to join Toyokuni Utagawa's studio, he was turned away. In 1811, young Hiroshige entered an apprenticeship with the celebrated Toyohiro Utagawa. After only a year, he was bestowed with the artist name Hiroshige. He soon gave up his role in the fire department to focus entirely on painting and print design. During this time he studied painting, intrigued by the Shijo school. Hiroshige’s artistic genius went largely unnoticed until 1832. In Hiroshige's groundbreaking series of woodblock prints, The 53 Stations of the Tokaido (1832-1833), he captured the journey along the Tokaido road, the highway connecting Edo to Kyoto, the imperial capital. With the Tokugawa Shogunate relaxing centuries of age-old restrictions on travel, urban populations embraced travel art and Hiroshige Utagawa became one of the most prominent and successful ukiyo-e artists. He also produced kacho-e (bird-and-flower pictures) to enormous success. In 1858, at the age of 61, he passed away as a result of the Edo cholera epidemic. Utagawa Hiroshige’s woodblock prints...

After Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858), "Shima Province: Mount Hiyori and Toba Harbor", Woodblock on Paper, 1853, from the "Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces" series, wh...