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Floating World Gallery | Sakanoshita

Sakanoshita

Hiroshige, Ando, 1797-1858

Sakanoshita

Artist : Hiroshige, Ando, 1797-1858
Series : Upright Tokaido
Date : 1855
Medium : woodblock
Item# : 281049
Condition : Staining; repair to bottom right corner; backing
Image size : 13 3/8 x 8 3/4 inches
Comments : Mica highlights in grass in bottom right
SOLD

About The Artist

Hiroshige, Ando, 1797-1858

Go: 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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