Artist
歌川広重
Japanese, 1797–1858
歌川広重（1797-1858）は、江戸時代後期の浮世絵師です。風景画の大家として知られ、特に「東海道五十三次」「名所江戸百景」は日本美術を代表する傑作です。 江戸の定火消し同心の家に生まれ、15歳で歌川豊広に入門。情感豊かな風景表現と、雨・雪・霧などの気象描写に優れ、「風景の広重」として名を馳せました。 その叙情的な作風は、ゴッホやモネなど西洋の印象派画家たちにも影響を与え、ジャポニスムの象徴となりました。
About the Artist
Life
- 歌川広重は、晩年、1856年に仏門に入り、その翌年に亡くなりました。
- 歌川広重は、葛飾北斎の影響を受けており、特に風景画の主題選択においてその影響が見られます。
- 歌川広重は、浮世絵師として、特に風景画の分野で「最後の巨匠」と称されています。
Style & Technique
- 歌川広重は、浮世絵の伝統的な美人画や役者絵に加え、風景画、花鳥画など多様な主題を扱いました。
- 歌川広重の作品は、西洋の印象派の画家たちに大きな影響を与え、「ジャポニスム」という芸術運動の一因となりました。
- 歌川広重は、珍しい視点や季節の移ろいを感じさせる表現、鮮やかな色彩を特徴とする構図を得意としました。
- 歌川広重は、作品に奥行きを加えるために、前景に大きな物体や人物、動物などを配置する構図をしばしば用いました。
Works (50)
Hamamatsu, Toko no Zu
ca. 1834
Fukuroi; De Chaya
ca. 1834
Takanawa no Zu
ca. 1841
Clearing Weather at Awazu (Awazu seiran), from the series Eight Views of Ōmi (Ōmi hakkei)
ca. 1834–35
Yushima (Matsu Kane-ya)
ca. 1840
Weeping Cherry and Bluebird
ca. 1838
Goyu, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)
c. 1837/42
Futakawa, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)
c. 1837/42
Ishibe: Megawa Village (Ishibe, Megawa no sato), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido
c. 1833/34
Autumn Moon over Ishiyama Temple (Ishiyama shugetsu), from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei)"
1857
Futakawa: Sarugababa—No. 34, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Reisho Tokaido
c. 1847/52
A Bridge in a Snowy Landscape, from the series "A Collection of Japanese and Chinese Poems for Recitation (Wakan roeishu)"
c. 1842/43
Ryogoku Bridge and the Great Riverbank (Ryogokubashi Okawabata), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
1856
Moon over Ryogoku Bridge in Summer (Natsu Ryogoku no tsuki), from the series "Famous Places in Edo in the Four Seasons (Shiki Koto meisho)"
c. 1832/34
Yoshiwara: The Famous Sight of Mount Fuji on the Left (Yoshiwara, meisho hidari Fuji)—No. 15, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Reisho Tokaido
c. 1847/52
Shirasuka: View of Shiomi Slope (Shirasuka, Shiomizaka no zu), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)
c. 1837/42
Sketch for Autumn Moon at Ishiyama Temple (Ishiyama no shugetsu), from the series "Eight Views in Omi Province (Omi hakkei)"
c. 1859
Japanese white-eye on flowering branch
1830s–1840s
Akasaka, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)
c. 1837/42
Otsu—No. 54, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Reisho Tokaido
c. 1847/52
Okabe: Mount Utsu (Okabe, Utsunoyama)—No. 22, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Reisho Tokaido
1847–52
Ejiri—No. 19, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Reisho Tokaido
c. 1847/52
Oystercatchers
c. 1833/34
No. 28: Nagakubo, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"
c. 1835/38
Satta Peak in Suruga Province (Suruga Satta mine), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei)"
1852
Precints of the Akiba Shrine, Ukeji (Ukeji Akiba no keidai), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
1857
Miya: Shichiri Ferry Crossing, Gate to the Atsuta Shrine, and Nezame Village (Miya, Shichiri no watashi, Atsuta no torii, Nezame no sato)—No. 42, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Reisho Tokaido
c. 1847/52
Mishima—No. 12, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Reisho Tokaido
c. 1847/52
Bingo Province: Kannon Temple at Abuto (Bingo, Abuto, Kannondo), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)"
1853
Kanbara, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)
c. 1837/42
Kuwana: Ferryboat at Shichiri Crossing (Kuwana, Shichiri no watashibune)—No. 43, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Reisho Tokaido
c. 1847/52
Chiryu, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)
c. 1837/42
No. 56: Mieji, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"
c. 1835/38
Hodogaya: Katabira River and Katabira Brige (Hodogaya, Katabiragawa Katabirabashi)—No. 5, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Reisho Tokaido
c. 1847/52
Asakusa Rice Fields and Torinomachi Festival (Asakusa tanbo Torinomachi mode), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
1857
Macaw on a pine branch
c. 1835
Oumayagashi, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
1857
Shirasuka: Shiomi Slope,no. 33 from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi)
1847-52
Kanbara: Evening Snow (Kanbara, yoru no yuki), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido
c. 1833/34
Snow at Benzaiten Shrine in Inokashira Pond (Inokashira no ike Benzaiten no yashiro yuki no kei), from the series "Snow, Moon, and Flowers at Famous Places (Meisho setsugekka)"
c. 1844/45
No. 32: Seba, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"
c. 1835/38
No. 37: Miyanokoshi, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"
c. 1835/38
Maisaka: The Ferry at Imagiri (Maisaka, Imagiri funawatashi), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)
c. 1837/42
Arai, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)
c. 1837/42
Mishima: Morning Mist (Mishima, asagiri), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido
c. 1833/34
Mitsuke: Ferries Crossing the Tenryu River (Mitsuke, Tenryugawa funawatashi), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)
c. 1837/42
Hamamatsu, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)
c. 1837/42
Snow at Akabane Bridge in Shiba (Shiba Akabane no yuki), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
c. 1843/47
The Sumida River in Winter Snow (Fuyu Sumidagawa no yuki), from the series "Famous Places in Edo in the Four Seasons (Shiki Koto meisho)"
1834/35
Great tit on cherry blossom branch
1830s