Source:Ota Memorial Museum of Art

The 160th anniversary of Hiroshige’s death –Excellent works of Hiroshige

“Hiroshige ‘One Hundred Famous Views of Edo’ Exhibition” will be held at the Ota Memorial Museum of Art from April 1 to May 27, 2018.
2018 marks the 160th year since the death of Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), a great master of “landscape pictures”. “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo”, which includes widely famous works, such as “Kinryūzan Temple, Asakusa”, “Plum Park in Kameido” and “Sudden Shower Over Shin- Ōhashi Bridge and Atake”. This series, on which he spent the last three years of his life, is representative of Hiroshige’s later works. This grand series consists of 120 pieces of work, including an index picture and 2 works drawn by his pupils. All works will be displayed separately in the previous term and the latter term.
Please enjoy the artistic world Hiroshige has reached in his later years through these excellent works.

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