Yawata
Hiroshige, Ando, 1797-1858
Yawata- Artist : Hiroshige, Ando, 1797-1858
- Series : Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido Road
- Date : 1835-38
- Medium : woodblock
- Item# : 271110
- Condition : Centerfold; backing
- Dimensions : 8 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches
- Plate in Series : 25
- 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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