Utagawa HiroshigeJapan, 1797–1858Kooplui op Nihonbashi
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Amsterdam, Nederland
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Over het werk
Gezicht op Tokyo in de mist; op de voorgrond de Nihon brug met viskooplui; op de achtergrond de berg Fuji.
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
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- Inventarisnummer
- AK-MAK-1591
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In de catalogus
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- Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
- Afbeelding: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam — public domain
Intussen, in het leven van Utagawa Hiroshige
Het hele leven1809–1832
Post: dōshin
1828
He declines to succeed Toyohiro
On the death of his master Toyohiro in 1828, Hiroshige declined an offer to succeed him.
1829–1830
The turn to landscape: “Eight Views of Ōmi”
Until then Hiroshige had worked in the usual ukiyo-e themes: book illustrations, beauties and kabuki actors. It was not until 1829–1830 that he began to produce the landscapes he is known for, such as the series “Eight Views of Ōmi”, and he also made an increasing number of bird and flower prints.
1832
Journey to Kyoto along the Tōkaidō
As a fire warden he was entitled to minor privileges reserved for low-ranking samurai, which is how he secured an invitation to join an official procession to Kyoto and travelled the Tōkaidō route linking the two capitals. He sketched the scenery along the way.
October 1838
Death of his first wife, who had helped fund his travels
Hiroshige's first wife, who had helped finance his trips to sketch travel locations, once selling some of her clothing and ornamental combs, died in October 1838.
after October 1838
Second marriage: Oyasu from Tōtōmi Province
After his first wife's death Hiroshige remarried to Oyasu, sixteen years his junior, the daughter of a farmer named Kaemon from Tōtōmi Province.
![Shinano Province, Moon Reflected in the Sarashina Paddy-fields, Mount Kyōdai (Shinano, Sarashina tagoto no tsuki, Kyōdaisan), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujūyoshū meisho zue), Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Edo period, 1853 (Kaei 6, 8th month)](https://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUAM:CARP04802_dynmc/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
