# Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese, 1797–1858

Hiroshige was born into a family of Edo fire wardens and trained under Utagawa Toyohiro. His breakthrough came in the early 1830s with The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, scenes along the highway between Edo and Kyoto. He went on to design thousands of landscapes attentive to weather, season and the hour of day, ending with One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, still unfinished at his death. Van Gogh made a painted copy of one of its views, Plum Garden at Kameido.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

19 works in the collection.

- [Mount Fuji Rising beyond Miho Beach](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/mount-fuji-rising-beyond-miho-beach-aic-18379), Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1838/42. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Fireworks at Ryōgoku (Ryōgoku hanabi), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/fireworks-at-ryogoku-ryogoku-hanabi-from-the-series-one-hund-aic-26522), Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Plum Garden at Kameido (Kameido Umeyashiki), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/plum-garden-at-kameido-kameido-umeyashiki-from-the-series-on-aic-26577), Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Precincts of Kameido Tenjin Shrine (Kameido Tenjin keidai), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/precincts-of-kameido-tenjin-shrine-kameido-tenjin-keidai-fro-aic-26607), Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Irises at Horikiri (Horikiri no hanashobu), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/irises-at-horikiri-horikiri-no-hanashobu-from-the-series-one-aic-26611), Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [The Plum Orchard at Kamata (Kamata no umezono), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-plum-orchard-at-kamata-kamata-no-umezono-from-the-series-aic-34231), Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fūha), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces (Rokujūyoshmeisho zue)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/awa-province-naruto-whirlpools-awa-naruto-no-fuha-from-the-s-aic-34350), Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Morning Glories, Pinks, and Maiden Flower, from the series "Seven Autumn Flowers in Moonlight"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/morning-glories-pinks-and-maiden-flower-from-the-series-seve-aic-47692), Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830/44. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Kingfisher and Chinese Bellflowers](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/kingfisher-and-chinese-bellflowers-cma-101257), Utagawa Hiroshige, early or mid-1830s. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Kanagawa, Inland Sea: Top of the Street](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/kanagawa-inland-sea-top-of-the-street-cma-120220), Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797–1858. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Evening Snow at Asuka Hill, from the series Eight Views of the Environs of Edo](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/evening-snow-at-asuka-hill-from-the-series-eight-views-of-th-cma-120222), Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837–38. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Kanō, from the series Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/kano-from-the-series-sixty-nine-stations-of-the-kisokaido-cma-152500), Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835–37. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Shimosuwa, from Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/shimosuwa-from-sixty-nine-stations-of-the-kisokaido-cma-152501), Utagawa Hiroshige, 1835–38. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Nissaka: The Night-Weeping Stone at Sayo no Nakayama, from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/nissaka-the-night-weeping-stone-at-sayo-no-nakayama-from-the-cma-152502), Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1848–50. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Numazu Ki Kure](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/numazu-ki-kure-met-36934), Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Hara: Mount Fuji in the Morning (Hara, Asa no Fuji), from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi), also known as the First Tōkaidō or Great Tōkaidō](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/hara-mount-fuji-in-the-morning-hara-asa-no-fuji-from-the-ser-met-36935), Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1833–34. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Morning Cherries at Yoshiwara](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/morning-cherries-at-yoshiwara-met-55271), Utagawa Hiroshige. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Kinryūsan Temple at Asakusa, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/kinryusan-temple-at-asakusa-from-the-series-one-hundred-famo-met-56689), Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Evening Snow at Kanbara, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/evening-snow-at-kanbara-from-the-series-fifty-three-stations-met-56915), Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1833–34. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.