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Japanese1797–1858

Utagawa Hiroshige

A Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of the tradition. He turned the genre toward landscape, in long series of views of Japan's highways and of Edo in subtle colour and soft gradations, and his compositions influenced the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists.

A life in paintings

  1. 1797
    Born
  2. 1853
    Commodore Perry reaches Japan

    Commodore Perry's American warships arrive in Edo Bay and demand that Japan open to foreign trade.

    Source: Wikipedia
  3. 1857
  4. 1858
    Died

Where to see them

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York

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