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Utagawa Hiroshige: The Ukiyo-e Master of Japanese Landscapes

  • A print from the early series Bijin fūzoku awase: Edo Shin-Yoshiwara (A Comparison of Beauties and Fashions: Shin-Yoshiwara, Edo) (Courtesy Shizuoka City Tōkaidō Hiroshige Museum of Art)

    A print from the early series Bijin fūzoku awase: Edo Shin-Yoshiwara (A Comparison of Beauties and Fashions: Shin-Yoshiwara, Edo) (Courtesy Shizuoka City Tōkaidō Hiroshige Museum of Art)

  • Ryōgoku no yoizuki (Evening Moon at Ryōgoku Bridge) from the series Tōto meisho (Famous Places in the Eastern Capital). (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts Boston)

    Ryōgoku no yoizuki (Evening Moon at Ryōgoku Bridge) from the series Tōto meisho (Famous Places in the Eastern Capital). (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts Boston)

  • Sumidagawa, hazakura no kei (Leafy Cherry Trees on the Sumida River) from the series Tōto meisho (Famous Places in the Eastern Capital). (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts Boston)

    Sumidagawa, hazakura no kei (Leafy Cherry Trees on the Sumida River) from the series Tōto meisho (Famous Places in the Eastern Capital). (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts Boston)

  • Nihonbashi, asa no kei (Nihonbashi: Morning Scene) from Tōkaidō gojūsantsugi no uchi (The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō). (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts Boston)

    Nihonbashi, asa no kei (Nihonbashi: Morning Scene) from Tōkaidō gojūsantsugi no uchi (The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō). (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts Boston)

  • Kanbara, yoru no yuki (Kanbara: Evening Snow) from Tōkaidō gojūsantsugi no uchi (The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō). (Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art)

    Kanbara, yoru no yuki (Kanbara: Evening Snow) from Tōkaidō gojūsantsugi no uchi (The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō). (Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art)

  • Setchū ashi ni kamo (A Wild Duck Near a Snow-Laden Shore), (Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art), at left; Karasu uri ni mejiro (Snake Gourd and Japanese White-Eye) with Shakuyaku ni kotori (Peonies and Small Bird), (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts Boston)

    Setchū ashi ni kamo (A Wild Duck Near a Snow-Laden Shore), (Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art), at left; Karasu uri ni mejiro (Snake Gourd and Japanese White-Eye) with Shakuyaku ni kotori (Peonies and Small Bird), (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts Boston)

  • Sunshū Miho no matsubara (Pine Groves of Miho in Suruga Province) from Fujimi hyakuzu (One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji). (Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art)

    Sunshū Miho no matsubara (Pine Groves of Miho in Suruga Province) from Fujimi hyakuzu (One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji). (Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art)

  • Hanging scrolls commissioned by the Tendō domain: Tatsutagawa no momiji (Autumn Leaves at the Tatsuta River), at left, and Yoshino no sakura (Cherry Blossoms at Yoshino). (Courtesy Hiroshige Museum of Art)

    Hanging scrolls commissioned by the Tendō domain: Tatsutagawa no momiji (Autumn Leaves at the Tatsuta River), at left, and Yoshino no sakura (Cherry Blossoms at Yoshino). (Courtesy Hiroshige Museum of Art)

  • Awa Naruto no fūha (Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools), at left, and Hōki Ōno Daisen enbō (Hōki Province: Ōno, Distant View of Mount Daisen), both from Rokujūyo shū meisho zue (Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces). (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts Boston)

    Awa Naruto no fūha (Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools), at left, and Hōki Ōno Daisen enbō (Hōki Province: Ōno, Distant View of Mount Daisen), both from Rokujūyo shū meisho zue (Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces). (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts Boston)

  • Horikiri no hanashōbu (Horikiri Iris Garden), at left, and Ryōgoku no hanabi (Fireworks at Ryōgoku), both from Meisho Edo hyakkei (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo). (Courtesy ColBase)

    Horikiri no hanashōbu (Horikiri Iris Garden), at left, and Ryōgoku no hanabi (Fireworks at Ryōgoku), both from Meisho Edo hyakkei (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo). (Courtesy ColBase)

  • Hiroshige’s Kameido Umeyashiki (Plum Garden at Kameido) from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, at left (Courtesy ColBase) was famously reproduced by Van Gogh in his Flowering Plum Orchard (After Hiroshige). (Courtesy Van Gogh Museum)

    Hiroshige’s Kameido Umeyashiki (Plum Garden at Kameido) from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, at left (Courtesy ColBase) was famously reproduced by Van Gogh in his Flowering Plum Orchard (After Hiroshige). (Courtesy Van Gogh Museum)

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