Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) | Fireworks at Ryōgoku Bridge

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Utagawa Hiroshige is considered the last great master of the ukiyo-e tradition. The subjects of his work were atypical of the ukiyo-e genre, whose typical focus was on beautiful women, popular actors, and other scenes of the urban pleasure districts of Japan's Edo period.

Featured Artwork of the Day: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858) | Fireworks at Ryōgoku Bridge, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo | 1858 http://met.org/21mC4ni

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Hiroshige
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Utagawa Hiroshige, also Andō Hiroshige was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. Wikipedia
Born: 1797, Edo
Died: October 12, 1858, Edo
Parents: Andō Gen'emon
Education: Toyohiro
Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, more