Utagawa Hiroshige was born in samurai family in 1797 in what became modern Tokyo. About 1831, his Ten Famous Places in the Eastern Capital was printed. In 1832 he produced the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, which contains some of his best-known prints.
Utagawa Hiroshige was born in samurai family in 1797 in what became modern Tokyo. About 1831, his Ten Famous Places in the Eastern Capital was printed. In 1832 he produced the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, which contains some of his best-known prints.
