Chikugo Province: The Currents Around the Weir
Hiroshige, Ando, 1797-1858
Chikugo Province: The Currents Around the Weir- Artist : Hiroshige, Ando, 1797-1858
- Series : Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces
- Date : 1855
- Medium : woodblock
- Item# : FWG220356
- Condition : Faint album residue; minor soiling
- Image size : 13 1/2 x 9 inches
- RESERVED
About The Artist
Hiroshige, Ando, 1797-1858Go: Ichiryusai, Ichiyusai, Ryusai, Tokaido Utashige. Ukiyo-e painter, printmaker. Lived in Edo; son of an official of the fire department assigned to Edo Castle. Early interest in art, his first teacher Okajima Rinsai; then tried unsuccessfully to enter Utagawa Toyokuni's studio; at about 14 became a pupil of Utagawa Toyohiro. Also studied nanga painting under Ooka Umpo; interested in Western art and the work of the Shijo school. Gave up his hereditary position in the fire department to hi.....
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Chikugo Province: The Currents Around the Weir
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