Andō Tokutarō

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Andō Tokutarō, better known as Utagawa Hiroshige, was a renowned Japanese ukiyo-e artist celebrated for his evocative landscape prints, especially the series "The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō."

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instanceOf Japanese ukiyo-e artist
landscape artist
person
printmaker
activeIn 19th century
alsoKnownAs Hiroshige NERFINISHED
Utagawa Hiroshige NERFINISHED
artisticFocus landscapes
scenic views of Japan
basedIn Edo NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Japan
culturalContext Edo-period urban culture
dateOfBirth 1797
dateOfDeath 1858
depicted Edo (Tokyo) NERFINISHED
Japanese provinces
Tōkaidō road NERFINISHED
era Edo period NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork landscape printmaking
woodblock printing
genre ukiyo-e
influenced Claude Monet NERFINISHED
European Impressionism NERFINISHED
James McNeill Whistler NERFINISHED
Vincent van Gogh NERFINISHED
influencedBy Hokusai NERFINISHED
languageOfName Japanese
memberOf Utagawa school NERFINISHED
movement Edo-period ukiyo-e
notableWork Eight Views of Ōmi NERFINISHED
Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces NERFINISHED
One Hundred Famous Views of Edo NERFINISHED
The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō NERFINISHED
The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō NERFINISHED
notedFor evocative landscape prints
innovative use of perspective
subtle color gradations
occupation artist
ukiyo-e artist
woodblock print designer
placeOfBirth Edo NERFINISHED
Japan NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Edo NERFINISHED
Japan NERFINISHED
seriesCreatorOf Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces NERFINISHED
One Hundred Famous Views of Edo NERFINISHED
The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō NERFINISHED
usedTechnique nishiki-e (full-color prints)
woodblock printing

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Utagawa Hiroshige birthName Andō Tokutarō