The British Museum’s exhibition on the Japanese master printmaker Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) includes Van Gogh’s own copy of a print which he used in a painting in homage. Fresh research reveals ...

Looking at Utagawa Hiroshige’s work, you can glimpse an early Instagram influencer, touring Japan 200 years ago and documenting the beauty spots he found, in the long established medium of ukiyo-e ...

How much do we really know about Hiroshige? Thanks to the medium of mass-produced woodblock prints, his masterful, uniquely exquisite designs spread rapidly, becoming widely beloved throughout his ...

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) was born in Japan on the brink of a national transformation. The Edo Period, characterized by the military rule of the Tokugawa Shogunate, had seen economic growth and ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In Utagawa Hiroshige’s “Shōno — Sudden Rain Shower” (c1833-35), porters carrying a palanquin race for shelter.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. military might deploy to Chicago and is ready to go anywhere on short notice to crack down on crime. Reuters, the news and media division of ...

Utagawa Hiroshige, along with Katsushika Hokusai, is widely recognized in the world of Ukiyo-e, Japanese Woodblock Print. However, it is lesser known that Hiroshige was also a firefighter while he ...

A remarkable new exhibition at the British Museum, opening in May, will celebrate the life, work, and legacy of Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), one of Japan’s most popular and prolific artists.

A new exhibition at the British Museum is to display rare and never before seen artwork by one of Japan’s most popular and prolific artists. Hiroshige: Artist of the Open Road will debut in May and ...

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the most prolific and popular Ukiyo-e artists in Japan. The word Ukiyo-e means pictures of the floating world. They were woodblock prints developed during the ...