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Donald D. Walker Collection,
JAPANESE WOODCUT PRINTS
HIROSHIGE, UTAGAWA (1826?-1869)

Utagawa Hiroshige is represented in the Walker collection by 21 prints dated from about 1859 to 1868. One of the rare apprentices of Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858), this artist was at birth called Suzuki Chinpei and later apprenticed as Shigenobu, but took his master's name after marrying Hiroshige's daughter in 1858. His works often strongly resemble in style those of the earlier artist; for many years Westerners did not make a distinction between the two.

The ukyio-e are listed alphabetically by Japanese title; title meanings are noted when available. Titles link to a description page for each woodcut at the Library of Congress (LOC) where high resolution digital files are also accessible.

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Images Prints (21): Title: Chiryū Title translation: Name of A village in Aichi Prefecture Date: Between 1861 and 1867 Title: Dewa chōkaisan Title Translation: Mount Chōkai in Dewa Province Date: 1860 Title: Echigo niigata no kei Title Translation: View of Niigata in Echigo Province Date: 1859 Title: Enshū akiba enkei fukuroi no tako Title Translation: Distant view of Akiba of Enshu: kites of Fukuroi Date: 1859   Title: Hizen gotō kujiraryō no zu Title Translation: Whale hunting at the island of Goto in Hizen Date: 1859   Title: Iga kaitosan Title Translation: Mount Kaito in Iga Province Date: 1861     Title: Kishū kumano iwatake tori Title Translation: Iwatake mushroom gathering at Kumano in Kishū Date: 1860   Title: Kyōto tōfukuji tsūtenkyō Title Translation: Tsūten Bridge, Tōfukuji Temple at Kyōto Date: 1859   Title: Okitsu Title translation: A station on the Tōkaidō road in Shizuoka Prefecture Date: Between 1861 and 1864     Title: Sanuki kubodani no hama Title Translation: Kubodani Beach in Sanuki Province Date: 1859   Title: Sasshu makurazaki kaimongadake jusei odori Title Translation: Celebratory dance (to the God of long life Jurojin) and Mount Kaimongatake in Makurazaki of Satsuma Province. Date: 1859   Title: Shimada Title translation: Name of a city located in Shizuoka Prefecture Date: Between 1861 and 1865     Title: Shimotsuke chūzenji kosui Title Translation: Chuzenji Lake in Shimozuke Province Date: 1860   Title: Shinshū zenkōji michi kusuri yama Title Translation: Path to Zenkōji Temple on Kusuri Mountain in Shinshū Date: 1859   Title: Tango amano hashidate Title Translation: Amanohashidate in Tango Province Date: 1859     Title: Wakasa karei o seisu Title Translation: Conquered Wakasa dried flatfish Date: 1859   Title: Yamashiro ōtani meganebashi Title Translation: Megane Bridge at Ōtani in Yamashiro Province Date: 1859   Title: Yamato hasedera Title Translation: Hasedera in Yamato Province Date: 1859     Title: Yamato yoshinoyama Title Translation: Yoshino Mountain in Yamato Province Date: 1859   Title: Yokkaichi Title translation: Name of A village in Mie Prefecture Date: Between 1861 and 1868   Title: Yoshida Title translation: A station on the Tōkaidō road Date: Between 1861 and 1866