Utagawa Hiroshige

Utagawa Hiroshige made some 8,000 prints of landscape and daily life. His Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, of 1833 and 1834, followed the coastal highway from Edo to Kyoto. Long peace and good roads had made travel a pastime, and views of famous places sold as souvenirs. In 1856 he began One Hundred Famous Views of Edo.

In the museum: Ukiyo-e room · 6 works

• Lake Suwac. 1832–58
• Matsuchiyama on the Sumida RiverEdo period, 1856
• Mishima: Morning Mistc. 1833/34
• Descending Geese at Katada (Katada rakugan), from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei no uchi)"c. 1834
• The Gion Shrine in Snow (Gionsha setchu), from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)"c. 1834
• Yodo River (Yodogawa), from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)"c. 1834
• Macaw on a pine branchc. 1835
• Hamamatsuc. 1837/42
• Mitsuke: Ferries Crossing the Tenryu Riverc. 1837/42
• Nihon Bridge seen in the Snow (Nihonbashi setchu no kei), from the series "Famous Views in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"1837/38

• Bingo Province: Kannon Temple at Abuto (Bingo, Abuto, Kannondo), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)"1853
• Mimasaka Province: Yamabushi Valley (Mimasaka, Yamabushidani), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)"1853
• Omi Province: Lake Biwa and Ishiyama Temple (Omi, Biwako Ishiyamadera), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)"1853
• Shimosa Province: Choshi Beach on the Outer Bay (Shimosa, Choshi no hama Toura), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)"1853
• Shinano Province: The Moon Reflected in the Sarashina Rice Fields near Mount Kyôdai (Shinano, Sarashina tagoto no tsuki, Kyōdaisan), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces (Rokujūyoshū meisho zue)1853

In the museum: Ukiyo-e room · 1 work

• Hilltop View from Yushima Tenjin Shrine (Yushima Tenjin sakaue tenbo), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"1856
• Pine of Success and Oumayagashi, Asakusa River (Asakusagawa shubi no matsu Oumayagashi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"1856
• Sketch of woman crossing bridgeUnknown
• Untitled Drawing, for the series English Title (Hizakurige kimama dôchû)n.d.

Utagawa Hiroshige made some 8,000 prints of landscape and daily life. His Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, of 1833 and 1834, followed the coastal highway from Edo to Kyoto. Long peace and good roads had made travel a pastime, and views of famous places sold as souvenirs. In 1856 he began One Hundred Famous Views of Edo.

In the museum: Ukiyo-e room · 7 works