The British Museum will take visitors on a journey through Edo Japan this summer through an exhibition of prints by Utagawa ...

Edo period in Japan lasted from 1603 to 1867/1868. During this time the country was ruled by the Tokugawa shogunate. Hokusai’s Great Wave from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji and Hiroshige’s ...

The existence of such establishments is documented in a “ukiyo-e” woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), an acclaimed artist active toward the end of Edo Period. A large sign that ...

It is 1830. Utagawa Hiroshige is a fire warden from a low-ranking samurai family who is struggling to establish himself as an ukiyo-e artist. One day, he learns about a new paint called Berlin ...

With its splendid branches and white plum blossoms, this famous painting is known for captivating Van Gogh. Discover why people were able to tell this was a specific tree at Kameido Umeyashiki.

by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). I wonder if Jansson was influenced by ukiyo-e. If so, the Moomins may have been connected to Japanese culture through the rain. In our real world, the start of ...

Swimming Carp (Utagawa Hiroshige, 19th Century) shows how the body of a fish has been divided into five equal lengths – one for the head, three for the main body and one for the tail.

View of the Whirlpools at Awa, from an untitled set of three triptychs, Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857, woodblock print, V&A Images / Alamy Stock Photo View of the Whirlpools at Awa (Utagawa Hiroshige ...