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Hiroshige - painter & printmaker - 2010 wall calendar
Otagwa Hiroshige (1797-1858), Japanese painter and printmaker, known especially for his landscape prints. The last great figure of the Ukiyo-e, he transmuted everyday landscapes into intimate, lyrical scenes.
Ando Hiroshige was born under the name of Ando Tokutaro. He was born in Edo (Tokyo) as the son of a samurai and fireman. At the age of twelve, both his parents died. Two years later, in 1811, the young Hiroshige received a chance to join the famous Utagawa painting school. At that time, the ukiyo-e master Toyohiro Utagawa was the head of the studio. In 1812 he was formally allowed to take the name Otagawa. From then on he called himself Otagawa Hiroshige. In the ukiyo-e literature he is usually referenced as Hiroshige Ando.
