From the artist's life
Van Gogh was so taken with Hiroshige that he painted full oil copies of his prints, including a rain-soaked bridge.
Source: Wikipedia / WikimediaUkiyo-e
Utagawa Hiroshige
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) was the last great master of Japanese ukiyo-e, beloved for poetic landscape prints of rain, snow and travel. His views of Edo and the Tōkaidō road are world-famous.
Van Gogh copied Hiroshige's prints in oil; his compositions reshaped how Europe saw landscape.
- The last great master of ukiyo-e landscape prints.
- Famed for views of Edo and the Tōkaidō road.
- Directly inspired Van Gogh and European art.
Key works
Where to start
Complete list of key works
Works with a dedicated ArtAtlas page are highlighted in gold.
- Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and AtakeOn ArtAtlas
- One Hundred Famous Views of EdoListed for reference
- Thirty-six Views of Mount FujiListed for reference
- Eight Views of ŌmiListed for reference
- Famous Views of the 60-odd ProvincesListed for reference
- The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso KaidōListed for reference
- Kōshū NikkiListed for reference
- Tendō HiroshigeListed for reference
1857
Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake
In 1887 Van Gogh painted an oil copy of this print, adding Japanese characters around the edges.