Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (1797 to 1858) was a Japanese ukiyo-e (“pictures of the floating world”) artist, and one of the last great artists in that tradition. In 1832, he traveled the Tokaido Road as ...

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 ...

The samurai rulers of the Edo period in Japan (1615-1868) were catalysts of change as well as being cool looking swordsmen in robes with a code of conduct that makes everyone who has existed since ...

Ando Hiroshige was never afraid to be daring. By Michael Prodger According to the author of a brief Life, published in 1936, Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858) was “born to a corrupt age in holiday mood”. The ...

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.

"I envy the Japanese for the enormous clarity that pervades their work," wrote Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo in 1888. "They draw a figure with a few well-chosen lines as if it were as ...

A centuries-old Japanese inn that has been the inspiration behind celebrated Ukiyo-e art is set to close down by March 15. The Ohashiya Inn is known for being featured in one of Hiroshige Ando’s famed ...

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 ...