‘Abe river from series “Enumeration Of rivers on the Toukaidou” Publisher by Yamada,’

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) – ‘Abe river from series “Enumeration Of rivers on the Toukaidou” Publisher by Yamada,’ -Japam- Late 20th century

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Utagawa Hiroshige was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition.

The 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō are the rest areas along the Tōkaidō, which was a coastal route that ran from Nihonbashi in Edo(Tokyo)to Sanjō Ōhashi in Kyoto. A lot of famous artists, like Utagawa Hiroshige, also painted this.
The Hōeidō edition of the Tōkaidō is Hiroshige’s best known work, and the best sold ever ukiyo-e Japanese prints.

Hiroshige’s work came to have a marked influence on Western painting towards the close of the 19th century as a part of the trend in Japonism.
Western artists closely studied Hiroshige’s compositions, and some, such as van Gogh, painted copies of Hiroshige’s prints.