19/10/2016
NEW COLLECTION
"Miho no Matsubara"
Artwork by famous ukiyoe painter Hiroshige(1797- 1858)
Hiroshige in full Andō Hiroshige, professional names Utagawa Hiroshige and Ichiyūsai Hiroshige, original name Andō Tokutarō (born 1797, Edo [now Tokyo], Japan—died October 12, 1858, Edo) Japanese artist, one of the last great ukiyo-e (“pictures of the floating world”) masters of the colour woodblock print. His genius for landscape compositions was first recognized in the West by the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists. His print series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (1833–34) is perhaps his finest achievement.