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Ando Hiroshige安藤広重 広重alternative words: Hiroshige Ando, Andou Hiroshige, Hiroshige Andou, Hiroshige keywords: artist , famous person , ukiyoe related topics: Ukiyoe , Edo period related web sites: http://www.csweb.co.jp/TBK/hirosige/art-hiro.htm , http://www.hikyaku.com/gallery/english/hakone.htm explanation: Ukiyoe artist, Ando Hiroshige was born in Edo (actual Tokyo) in the 9th year of Kanse era (1797). At first, he learned to paint from Utagawa Hiroshige, then formed his own style by learning even from Western schools. The success of the series, Tokaido Gojyusantsugi made definitive his fame as a landscape painter. | |