Japan: 'The Three Kabuki Theatres in Saruwakacho'. From the series 'Famous Places in Edo' by Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797-1858), 1858. (Private Collection)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – October 12, 1858) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, and one of the last great artists in that tradition. He was also referred to as Andō Hiroshige, and by the art name of Ichiyūsai Hiroshige. Among many masterpieces, Hiroshige is particularly remembered for 'The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō' (1834–1842) and 'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji' (1852–1858).

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Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797-1858)

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