Chiryu
Hiroshige, Ando, 1797-1858
Chiryu- Artist : Hiroshige, Ando, 1797-1858
- Series : Hoeido Tokaido
- Date : 1833
- Medium : woodblock
- Item# : 280572
- Condition : Fading; trimming; soiling in bottom margin; color smudging in bottom right
- Plate in Series : 40
- SOLD
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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Chiryu
$1,500.00
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