Room 48

Utagawa (Andō) Hiroshige

1797–1858, Japan (Edo), Ukiyo-e

Hiroshige was the great landscape artist of the Japanese colour woodblock print. His series on the stations of the Tōkaidō and the views of Edo, with their brilliant Prussian blue, later influenced Monet and Van Gogh.

All works

• Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom along the Sumida River
• Distant View of Mount Akiha, Kakegawa
• Fujisawa-shuku
• Macaw on a Pine Branch
• Night Scene on the Sumida River
• Grosbeak and Clematis
• Kingfisher and Chinese Bellflowers
• Clear Weather after Snow at Matsuchiyama, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital
• Wren and Chrysanthemums
• Copper Pheasant by Snowy Waterfall
• Mandarin Ducks and Flowering Plants
• Black-Naped Oriole (Korean Warbler) on a Hall Crabapple
• Lake Suwa
• Gathering Shells at Low Tide at Susaki; from the series 100 Views of Famous Places in Edo
• Canary and Wisteria
• Cuckoo
• The Fuji River in the Snow
• The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido: Hara
• The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido: Numazu
• Cherry Blossom Viewing at the Temple on Mt. Suribachi after a Design in Volume 5 of Picture Book of the Souvenirs of Edo (Ehon Edo miyage)
• Hotohoto Festival at Izumo Grand Shrine, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces
• Small Bird (Swallow ?) on Cherry Branch
• Eight Views of Kanazawa at Night
• Evening View of the Eight Famous Places near Kanazawa Under Full Moon in Musashi Province
• Evening View of the Eight Famous Places near Kanazawa Under Full Moon in Musashi Province
• Evening View of the Eight Famous Places near Kanazawa Under Full Moon in Musashi Province
• Eight Views of Kanazawa at Night
• Full Moon on Kanazawa, Musashi
• Full Moon on Kanazawa, Musashi
• Full Moon on Kanazawa, Musashi
• Meguro Drum Bridge and Sunset Hill, from One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo
• Mountain and River on the Kiso Road
• Mountain and River on the Kiso Road
• Mountain and River on the Kiso Road
• Mountain and River on the Kiso Road
• The Whirlpools of Awa
• The Whirlpools of Awa
• The Whirlpools of Awa
• The Whirlpools of Awa
• Cloth Fulling Jewel River in Settsu, from the series Six Jewel Rivers of the Various Provinces
• Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo