Utagawa Hiroshige

Hiroshige Utagawa's masterpieces from his final years ``One Hundred Famous Views of Edo''

Hiroshige's ambitious art works “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo” is known around the world because it was copied by impressionist masters such as Monet and Van Gogh.
He painted the work using methods of expression (perspective, which depicts the material in large scale, and various techniques of printmaking) that he had gained from his many experiences.

Utagawa Hiroshige along with Katsushika Hokusai, established the landscape and flower-and-bird genres in the world of ukiyoe prints.
Hiroshige Utagawa was a painter who created a new style of landscape painting in the world of Ukiyo-e prints at the end of the Edo period and had a profound influence even on the European art world.
Please enjoy high-quality reproduction prints of Hiroshige's works, which boast the fame and popularity of a national Ukiyo-e artist.

〜story of HIROSHIGE〜
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