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Utagawa Hiroshige

1797–1858 · Japan

Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川 広重) or Andō Hiroshige (安藤 広重), born Andō Tokutarō (1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. Wikipedia

What to look for

Woodblock prints of travel along the Tokaido and Edo views: rain, snow, moonlight, bold diagonals and soft gradations.

55 works in the quiz. Play a round on Utagawa Hiroshige — not whether it is theirs, but which one.

Works

• “Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake”, 1857 — British Museum
• “Famous Views of the 60-odd Provinces”, 1853 — National Diet Library
• “Plum Park in Kameido”, 1857 — Chester Beatty Library
• “Nihonbashi”
• “Otsu”
• “Yokkaichi”
• “Yoshida”
• “Kanbara”
• “Hara”
• “Fujikawa”
• “Oiso”
• “Seki”
• “Mishima”
• “Chiryu”
• “Kawasaki”
• “Shimada”
• “Shono”
• “Fujieda”
• “Kameyama”
• “Mitsuke”
• “Okazaki”
• “Narumi”
• “Kanaya”
• “Nissaka”
• “Ishibe”
• “Ishiyakushi”
• “Totsuka”
• “Sakanoshita”
• “Mariko”
• “Okabe”
• “Kakegawa”
• “Kuwana”
• “Yoshiwara”
• “Hakone”
• “Fujisawa”
• “Fuchu”, 1831 — Bilbao Fine Arts Museum
• “Shinagawa”
• “Numazu”
• “Yui”
• “Okitsu”