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Utagawa Hiroshige , also Andō Hiroshige (; 1797 – 12 October 1858) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition.
Hiroshige is best known for his landscapes, such as the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō and The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō; and for his depictions of birds and flowers. The subjects of his work were atypical of the ukiyo-e genre, whose typical focus was on beautiful women, popular actors, and other scenes of the urban pleasure districts of Japan's Edo period (1603–1868). The popular Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series by Hokusai was a strong influence on Hiroshige's choice of subject, though Hiroshige's approach was more poetic and ambient than Hokusai's bolder, more formal prints.
For scholars and collectors, Hiroshige's death marked the beginning of a rapid decline in the ukiyo-e genre, especially in the face of the westernization that followed the Meiji Restoration of 1868. Hiroshige's work came to have a marked influence on Western painting towards the close of the 19th century as a part of the trend in Japonism. Western artists closely studied Hiroshige's compositions, and some, such as van Gogh, painted copies of Hiroshige's prints.
Hiroshige is a crater on Mercury located at 13 S, 27 W. It is 140 km in diameter and was named after Ando Hiroshige.
Category:Impact craters on Mercury
Hiroshige (written: 広重, 啓成 or 弘成) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
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(1797–1858), Japanese ukiyo-e artist
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(1829–1869), Japanese ukiyo-e artist
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(1842 or 1843 – 1894), Japanese ukiyo-e artist
- Hiroshige Koyama (born 1937), Japanese botanist
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(born 1962), Japanese botanist
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(born 1972), Japanese footballer