ARTIST
Hiroshige
1797 - 1858

Hiroshige
Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川 広重) or Andō Hiroshige (安藤 広重), born Andō Tokutarō (安藤 徳太郎; 1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. Hiroshige is best known for his horizontal-format landscape series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō and for his vertical-format landscape series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. The subjects of his work were atypical of the ukiyo-e genre, whose typical focus was on beautiful women, popular actors, and other scenes of the urban pleasure districts of Japan's Edo period (1603–1868). The popular series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji by Hokusai was a strong influence on Hiroshige's choice of subject, though Hiroshige's approach was more poetic and ambient than Hokusai's bolder, more formal prints. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hiroshige is the 11th most popular artist (down from 10th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Japan (up from 40th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Artist.
Hiroshige is most famous for his series of prints of the 53 Stations of the Tokaido, which were published in 1833.
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Among ARTISTS
Among artists, Hiroshige ranks 11 out of 125. Before him are M. C. Escher, Yoko Ono, Jusepe de Ribera, Hans Holbein the Younger, Jean Arp, and Victor Vasarely. After him are Joseph Beuys, Käthe Kollwitz, Luca Signorelli, Theo van Doesburg, Yves Klein, and El Lissitzky.
Most Popular Artists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsM. C. Escher
1898 - 1972
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 5
Yoko Ono
1933 - Present
HPI: 77.77
Rank: 6
Jusepe de Ribera
1591 - 1652
HPI: 77.31
Rank: 7
Hans Holbein the Younger
1497 - 1545
HPI: 75.75
Rank: 8
Jean Arp
1886 - 1966
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 9
Victor Vasarely
1906 - 1997
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 10
Hiroshige
1797 - 1858
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 11
Joseph Beuys
1921 - 1986
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 12
Käthe Kollwitz
1867 - 1945
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 13
Luca Signorelli
1450 - 1523
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 14
Theo van Doesburg
1883 - 1931
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 15
Yves Klein
1928 - 1962
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 16
El Lissitzky
1890 - 1941
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 17
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1797, Hiroshige ranks 7. Before him are Franz Schubert, William I, German Emperor, Heinrich Heine, Gaetano Donizetti, Mary Shelley, and Adolphe Thiers. After him are Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan, Ghalib, Joseph Henry, Paul Delaroche, Charles Lyell, and Maria Leopoldina of Austria. Among people deceased in 1858, Hiroshige ranks 6. Before him are Rani of Jhansi, Robert Brown, Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Robert Owen, and John Snow. After him are Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Johannes Peter Müller, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Karl Thomas Mozart, Matthew C. Perry, and Anton Diabelli.
Others Born in 1797
Go to all RankingsFranz Schubert
COMPOSER
1797 - 1828
HPI: 87.80
Rank: 1
William I, German Emperor
POLITICIAN
1797 - 1888
HPI: 83.14
Rank: 2
Heinrich Heine
WRITER
1797 - 1856
HPI: 81.96
Rank: 3
Gaetano Donizetti
COMPOSER
1797 - 1848
HPI: 80.22
Rank: 4
Mary Shelley
WRITER
1797 - 1851
HPI: 79.46
Rank: 5
Adolphe Thiers
POLITICIAN
1797 - 1877
HPI: 75.69
Rank: 6
Hiroshige
ARTIST
1797 - 1858
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 7
Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan
POLITICIAN
1797 - 1871
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 8
Ghalib
WRITER
1797 - 1869
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 9
Joseph Henry
PHYSICIST
1797 - 1878
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 10
Paul Delaroche
PAINTER
1797 - 1856
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 11
Charles Lyell
GEOLOGIST
1797 - 1875
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 12
Maria Leopoldina of Austria
WRITER
1797 - 1826
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 13
Others Deceased in 1858
Go to all RankingsRani of Jhansi
POLITICIAN
1828 - 1858
HPI: 78.29
Rank: 1
Robert Brown
BIOLOGIST
1773 - 1858
HPI: 78.23
Rank: 2
Joseph Radetzky von Radetz
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1766 - 1858
HPI: 77.49
Rank: 3
Robert Owen
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1771 - 1858
HPI: 76.71
Rank: 4
John Snow
PHYSICIAN
1813 - 1858
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 5
Hiroshige
ARTIST
1797 - 1858
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 6
Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein
POLITICIAN
1796 - 1858
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 7
Johannes Peter Müller
PHYSICIAN
1801 - 1858
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 8
Coenraad Jacob Temminck
BIOLOGIST
1778 - 1858
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 9
Karl Thomas Mozart
MUSICIAN
1784 - 1858
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 10
Matthew C. Perry
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1794 - 1858
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 11
Anton Diabelli
MUSICIAN
1781 - 1858
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 12
In Japan
Among people born in Japan, Hiroshige ranks 39 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Kōmei (1831), Hattori Hanzō (1542), Jiroemon Kimura (1897), Isao Takahata (1935), Itō Hirobumi (1841), and Saigō Takamori (1828). After him are Sadako Sasaki (1943), Gichin Funakoshi (1868), Sasaki Kojirō (1583), Osamu Tezuka (1928), Akechi Mitsuhide (1526), and Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147).
Others born in Japan
Go to all RankingsEmperor Kōmei
POLITICIAN
1831 - 1867
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 33
Hattori Hanzō
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1542 - 1597
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 34
Jiroemon Kimura
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1897
HPI: 74.98
Rank: 35
Isao Takahata
FILM DIRECTOR
1935 - 2018
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 36
Itō Hirobumi
POLITICIAN
1841 - 1909
HPI: 74.86
Rank: 37
Saigō Takamori
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1828 - 1877
HPI: 74.71
Rank: 38
Hiroshige
ARTIST
1797 - 1858
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 39
Sadako Sasaki
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1943 - 1955
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 40
Gichin Funakoshi
MARTIAL ARTS
1868 - 1957
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 41
Sasaki Kojirō
POLITICIAN
1583 - 1612
HPI: 74.30
Rank: 42
Osamu Tezuka
COMIC ARTIST
1928 - 1989
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 43
Akechi Mitsuhide
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1526 - 1582
HPI: 74.27
Rank: 44
Minamoto no Yoritomo
POLITICIAN
1147 - 1199
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 45
Among ARTISTS In Japan
Among artists born in Japan, Hiroshige ranks 3. Before him are Hokusai (1760), and Yoko Ono (1933). After him are Akira Yoshizawa (1911), Yoshitaka Amano (1952), Hasui Kawase (1883), Yoshitomo Nara (1959), and Tatsuki Fujimoto (1993).
Hokusai
1760 - 1849
HPI: 84.61
Rank: 1
Yoko Ono
1933 - Present
HPI: 77.77
Rank: 2
Hiroshige
1797 - 1858
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 3
Akira Yoshizawa
1911 - 2005
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 4
Yoshitaka Amano
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 5
Hasui Kawase
1883 - 1957
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 6
Yoshitomo Nara
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 7
Tatsuki Fujimoto
1993 - Present
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 8