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Passionate Customer Service Museum Quality Art Prints Customization Options AvailableUtagawa Hiroshige, born at the end of the 18th century in old Edo (today's Tokyo), grew up in modest circumstances as the son of a fireman and lowly samurai. Orphaned at a young age, he inherited his father's office at the age of 13 and from then on had to protect the city's palace grounds from fires. His work yielded only a modest wage, but left him enough time to further his artistic education. Soon after, he became a student of the Utagawa school of woodblock printmakers and learned the ancient art of Japanese woodblock printing (ukiyo-e). A few years later he finished his training and received the artist's name Hiroshige, which was traditionally supplemented by the school name. The star of the young Utagawa Hiroshige to one of the greatest artists of Japan could rise!
His career settled into a leisurely pace at first until, now 35 years old, he embarked on a journey that would inspire his most famous early works. Commissioned by the Shōgun to ferry horses to the imperial court, he followed the Tōkaidō route along the coastline from Edo to the ancient imperial city of Kyōto, one of the most important trade routes of the day. Along the stops on his journey, he met farmers, merchants, and religious pilgrims, and made numerous sketches of his journey full of inspiration. When he finally returned to Edo, he created a series of prints for landscape paintings, the "53 Stations of the Tōkaidō." These show travelers, porters, and ferrymen along the Tōkai Road against the background of typical Japanese landscapes such as river courses, lakes or sea bays, fields, or mountain ranges, as well as quiet village street scenes and stops at rest houses and temples. It is also striking that these travel pictures do not reflect a uniform season, but combine in artistic freedom changing seasonal impressions with different light and weather moods, sun and rain, fog or snow.
His detailed drawings were finally engraved in wooden plates, in order to coat these printing blocks with suitable colors and thus allow the reproduction of the images. Even outside Japan, the woodblock prints produced in this way quickly became sought-after collector's items and inspired, above all, Impressionist and Expressionist artists such as Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet to create Japanese-inspired works of so-called Japonism. Towards the end of his life, only a few years before his death, Hiroshige created the drawings for another series, the "100 Famous Views of Edo", which as a mature work of old age became the culmination of his artistic work and his greatest legacy. They reflect the entire diversity of Japanese culture, with views of Mount Fuji, cultivated landscapes, blossoming cherry trees, shrines and ancient temple gardens being essential motifs. After creating a body of work of over 8000 paintings, Hiroshige finally retired from the world and concluded his days as a Buddhist monk at the age of 62.
Utagawa Hiroshige, born at the end of the 18th century in old Edo (today's Tokyo), grew up in modest circumstances as the son of a fireman and lowly samurai. Orphaned at a young age, he inherited his father's office at the age of 13 and from then on had to protect the city's palace grounds from fires. His work yielded only a modest wage, but left him enough time to further his artistic education. Soon after, he became a student of the Utagawa school of woodblock printmakers and learned the ancient art of Japanese woodblock printing (ukiyo-e). A few years later he finished his training and received the artist's name Hiroshige, which was traditionally supplemented by the school name. The star of the young Utagawa Hiroshige to one of the greatest artists of Japan could rise!
His career settled into a leisurely pace at first until, now 35 years old, he embarked on a journey that would inspire his most famous early works. Commissioned by the Shōgun to ferry horses to the imperial court, he followed the Tōkaidō route along the coastline from Edo to the ancient imperial city of Kyōto, one of the most important trade routes of the day. Along the stops on his journey, he met farmers, merchants, and religious pilgrims, and made numerous sketches of his journey full of inspiration. When he finally returned to Edo, he created a series of prints for landscape paintings, the "53 Stations of the Tōkaidō." These show travelers, porters, and ferrymen along the Tōkai Road against the background of typical Japanese landscapes such as river courses, lakes or sea bays, fields, or mountain ranges, as well as quiet village street scenes and stops at rest houses and temples. It is also striking that these travel pictures do not reflect a uniform season, but combine in artistic freedom changing seasonal impressions with different light and weather moods, sun and rain, fog or snow.
His detailed drawings were finally engraved in wooden plates, in order to coat these printing blocks with suitable colors and thus allow the reproduction of the images. Even outside Japan, the woodblock prints produced in this way quickly became sought-after collector's items and inspired, above all, Impressionist and Expressionist artists such as Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet to create Japanese-inspired works of so-called Japonism. Towards the end of his life, only a few years before his death, Hiroshige created the drawings for another series, the "100 Famous Views of Edo", which as a mature work of old age became the culmination of his artistic work and his greatest legacy. They reflect the entire diversity of Japanese culture, with views of Mount Fuji, cultivated landscapes, blossoming cherry trees, shrines and ancient temple gardens being essential motifs. After creating a body of work of over 8000 paintings, Hiroshige finally retired from the world and concluded his days as a Buddhist monk at the age of 62.
.jpg "Kinryuzan Temple at Asakusa, from the series \"One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo\" by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Titmouse and Camellias, Sparrow and Wild Roses and Black-naped Oriole and Cherry Blossoms, c.1833 by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Night Snow, Kambara, Illustration from the Series")
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.jpg "Drum Bridge and")
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.jpg "Kamaya, Oigawa Embo, Further Bank of the Oi River, No.25 from the series")
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.jpg "Amaterasu the goddess of the Sun on Mount Fuji by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Taira no Kiyomori Haunted by Spectres by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "View of Mount Fuji from Satta Point in the Suruga Bay by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Maples at Mama, from the Series")
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.jpg "Red Maple Leaves at Tsuten Bridge, from the Series")
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.jpg "Ohashi, Sudden Shower at Atake, from the series \"One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo\" by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Rough Seas at the Whirlpools of Awa by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Forest of Suijin Shrine and Masaki on the Sumida River, 1856, 8th month by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Satta Pass by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Ohashi, Sudden Shower at Atake, from the Series")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1455682).jpg "Matsuchiyama, San")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-974633).jpg "Hibiscus and Black-naped Oriole by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1033875).jpg "Geese Flying across Full Moon by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Fujikawa by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "A Bridge in Yedo with Mount Fuji in the Background by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-649703).jpg "Japanese Horse Mackerel and Japanese Tiger Prawn by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_19th_century_Pari_-_(MeisterDrucke-955443).jpg "Samurai Battle by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-639750).jpg "Inside Kameido Tenjin Shrine, 1856 by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Asakusa Ricefields and Torinomachi Festival by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Chiriu by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-945548).jpg "Kanbara: Night Snow by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1450659).jpg "Misaka Pass in Kai Province by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Rivertrout, from the series Collection of Fish by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Japanese landscape by Hiroshige the Younger (Utagawa Hiroshige) by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Sightseers Viewing Cherry Blossoms along the Banks of the Tama River at Edo, woodcut by Ando Hiroshige by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "A Cat Sitting on the Window Seat by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "No. 5, Hodogaya: The Katabira River and Katabira Bridge by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Asakusa Rice Fields during the Festival of the Cock from the Series")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-906633).jpg "Reflected Moon, Sarashima by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1448724).jpg "Fushimi, Station # 51 by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1450833).jpg "Station 34, Futakawa; Kyoka Tokaido Series by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Yuzu Bay on the Island of Obi in Hyuga Province, no. 65 from the Series Pictures of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces, 1856 by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_on_Ohashi_Bridge_Japan_engraving_by_Ando_Hiroshige_-_(MeisterDrucke-1470859).jpg "Sudden Shower (yudashi) on Ohashi Bridge, Japan, engraving by Ando Hiroshige by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1033845).jpg "Arai: Ferryboat by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "The Horse Market in the Fourth Month at Chiryu, from the Series The Fifty-Three Stations of The Tokaido by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Kumano Junisha Shrine, Tsunohazu by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Carp, from the series Collection of Fish by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-906967).jpg "Go-Kanosho, Higo Province by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "The Monkey Plateau, Futagawa, from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1448403).jpg "Station 44, Yokkaichi by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_(_ji_Kitsunebi_34)_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1455786).jpg "Fox-Fire At Oji (34) by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1011365).jpg "No. 17, Matsuida by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Twilight Shower at Tadasu Bank, from the series Famous Places of Kyoto by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Lumberyards at Fukagawa (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo) by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Hatsune Riding Ground in Bakuro-cho (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo) by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Lumberyards at Fukagawa, from the series")
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_Woodcut_by_Hiroshige_in_Fifty_Three_Stati_-_(MeisterDrucke-1475173).jpg "Geography. Japan. Kanagawa (4th station). Woodcut by Hiroshige in: Fifty Three Stations of the Tokaido (1833-1834). Postcard, Japan, c.1900 by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Cherry Trees in Leaf Beside the Sumida River, from the Series Famous Sites in the Eastern Capital (c.1831) by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "River of Waterfalls, Oji, from the Series")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1455084).jpg "Otsuki Plain In Kai Province by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1455050).jpg "Dusk Scene In Numazu, #13 by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1450795).jpg "Station 44, Yokkaichi by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Five Pines and the Onagi Canal by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Yoroi no watashi Koami-cho by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Bitchu: Gokei by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1011416).jpg "No. 43, Tsumagome by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1451323).jpg "Otsu (Lake Biwa) by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "The Sea off Satta in Suruga Province by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_(colou_-_(MeisterDrucke-984566).jpg "No. 46, Shōno: Ancient Remains at Shiratori Mound by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Bizen Ukazan, from the series Mountain and Sea, compared to wrestlers, pub. 19th century by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1450831).jpg "Station 44, Yokkaichi by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-907776).jpg "Coast of Maiko, Harima Province by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1011363).jpg "Shirasuka: View of Shiomizaka by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-945538).jpg "Kanbara: Night Snow by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_Pine_And_Stables_Embarkment_(colour_woodblock_prin_-_(MeisterDrucke-1451214).jpg "Asakusa River:")
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.jpg "Dawn in the Yoshiwara, from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "New Year")
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.jpg "Asakusa Rice Fields During the Festival of the Cock by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Yuhi Hill and the Drum Bridge at Meguro (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo). Japanese print by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "A Red Plum Branch against the Summer Moon, c.1840 by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Castle at Ueno in Iga Province, no. 6 from the Series Pictures of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces, 1853 by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_Serie_cent_v_-_(MeisterDrucke-1314306).jpg "River Bank At Ryogoku Bridge. One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. Japanese print by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1450658).jpg "Dog")
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.jpg "Maple Trees at Mama, Tekona Shrine, and Linked Bridge by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Maple leaves and the Tekona Shrine, and the Bridge at Mama, from the series")
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.jpg "No. 39, Agematsu by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-902591).jpg "Snow Scene in the Garden of a Daimyo, part of Triptych by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1455736).jpg "Higo by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Asakusa River, Miyato River, Great Riverbank by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-984649).jpg "No. 42, Midono by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1450796).jpg "Station 43, Kuwana by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-649699).jpg "Woman Walking on a Riverbank by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "One hundred famous views of Edo; view of Chiyo a Meguro pond by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_Oeuvre_de_-_(MeisterDrucke-1323074).jpg "Open Garden at the Hachiman Shrine in Fukagawa (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo) by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Original Fuji, Meguro, from the Series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_(colour_wood_block_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1449434).jpg "Fuji On The Left Of The Tōkaidō Road by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-906723).jpg "Takuki Shrine, Oki Province by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "The Lake at Hakone, from")
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.jpg "Nekozane at Horikiri by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_c1833-34_(colour_-_(MeisterDrucke-906519).jpg "Narumi #41 (from the series \"Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido\") by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-907021).jpg "Caves at Enoshima, Sagami Province by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Miyanokoshi, Station 27, from the series Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "The Coast at Hota in Awa Province by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-945584).jpg "No. 16, Annaka by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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.jpg "Grey mullet, Camellia and Udo by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige")
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