Creator story
Surprising fact
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
A key work by Utagawa Hiroshige
These works make it easiest to see how the artist changed form, content, and the very way art could exist in culture.
1857
Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake
Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake is one of Utagawa Hiroshige's defining works.