Hiroshige

Hiroshige,

Born 1797, Edo (now Tokyo), Japan

Died Oct 12, 1858, Edo

In full Ando Hiroshige, Professional names Utagawa Hiroshige and Ichiyusai Hiroshige, original name Andou Tokutaro Japanese artist, one of the last great ukiyoe (“pictures of the floating world”) masters of the color wood-block print, His genius for landscape composition was first recognized in the West by impressionists and Postimpressionists.
His print series Fifty three Station on the Tokaidow (1833-34) is perhaps his finest achievement.

Artist, Utagawa Toyokuni

Born 1769, Edo (now Tokyo)

Died Feb.24, 1825, Edo

Original name Kurahashi Kumakichi, later Kumauemon, also called Toyokuni.

Japanese artist of the ukiyo-e movement who developed the style of his master, making it

One of the most popular of its day.

Toyokuni specialized in print of actors but was also known for his portraits of women. His

“Portraits of Actors in Their Various Roles”, a series of large nishiki-e, or polychrome print, created between 1794 and 1796, marked the peak of his creative work. His drawing for wood-block prints was characterized by the use of powerful and vivid lines that achieved an effect of exaggeration reminiscent of the style of his contemporary Sharaku.

Toyokuni’s later style degenerated frequently into sheer grotesquerie.

Power by Naru Yoshida