Dewa Province: Mogami River, A Perspective View of Mount Gassan
Hiroshige, Ando, 1797-1858
Dewa Province: Mogami River, A Perspective View of Mount Gassan- Artist : Hiroshige, Ando, 1797-1858
- Series : Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces
- Date : 1853
- Medium : woodblock
- Item# : FWG220334
- Condition : Album backing; vertical centerfold; small wormhole in left margin; minor trimming
- Dimensions : 13 5/8 x 9 1/8 inches
- 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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