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Portrait or photograph of Utagawa Hiroshige: Japan; Print; Prints

Virtual Memorial

Utagawa Hiroshige

A Memory Realm virtual memorial place honoring Utagawa Hiroshige, remembered for Ukiyo-e landscapes, The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Edo printmaking.

1797 - 1858Tokyo, Japan
Portrait or photograph of Utagawa Hiroshige: Utagawa Kunisada - Memorial Portrait of Hiroshige
Utagawa Kunisada - Memorial Portrait of Hiroshige Utagawa Kunisada, https://www.meisterdrucke.de/kunstdrucke, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Utagawa Hiroshige Is Remembered

Utagawa Hiroshige is remembered for ukiyo-e landscapes, the fifty-three stations of the tokaido, edo printmaking. This public page gives visitors a concise starting point for understanding why this figure remains part of cultural, civic, scientific, or literary memory.

The page is designed as an accessible introduction rather than an exhaustive account, with source links and image credits kept visible for further reading.

A Virtual Memorial in Memory Realm

This Memory Realm memorial hall turns a map reference into a virtual place for discovery. Visitors can move from the public page to the map and then into a 3D memorial hall connected to Utagawa Hiroshige.

The place is part of Memory Realm's virtual layer. It is not a physical marker and does not claim rights, control, access, endorsement, or affiliation connected to a real-world site.

Place Context

Tokyo, Japan is used as a broad spatial reference for this memorial hall because it is connected to Utagawa Hiroshige's story, memory, or public legacy. The location is intentionally city-level or region-level so the page can provide orientation without implying a claim over a specific property or institution.

Historical Context

Utagawa Hiroshige or Andō Hiroshige , born Andō Tokutarō, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition.

Memory Realm presents this context for educational discovery and remembrance, with public source links and media attribution preserved alongside the page content.

Photos

Memorial or place connected to Utagawa Hiroshige: Accession Number: 1957.384 Display Artist: Utagawa Kunisada Display Title: Memorial Portrait of Utagawa Hirosh

Accession Number: 1957.384 Display Artist: Utagawa Kunisada Display Title: Memorial Portrait of Utagawa Hiroshige Creation Date: 1858 Medium: Woodblock Height: 14 in. Width: 9 3/8

thesandiegomuseumofartcollection, Flickr, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Memorial or place connected to Utagawa Hiroshige: Accession Number: 1957.384 Display Artist: Utagawa Kunisada Display Title: Memorial Portrait of Utagawa Hirosh

Accession Number: 1957.384 Display Artist: Utagawa Kunisada Display Title: Memorial Portrait of Utagawa Hiroshige Creation Date: 1858 Medium: Woodblock Height: 14 in. Width: 9 3/8

thesandiegomuseumofartcollection, This file was derived from: Memorial Portrait of Utagawa Hiroshige (5765350019).jpg :, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Work or historical image connected to Utagawa Hiroshige: Sujet : Portraits de guerriers (musha-e) 武者絵 Ukiyoe 浮世絵 Numérisation effectuée à partir d'un document o

Sujet : Portraits de guerriers (musha-e) 武者絵 Ukiyoe 浮世絵 Numérisation effectuée à partir d'un document original. Appartient à l'ensemble documentaire : FranceJp0 Langue : japonais

Ochiai, Hōki (1833-1904). Illustrateur . Illustrateur Tsukioka, Yoshitoshi (1839-1892). Illustrateur Utagawa, Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). Illustrateur Utagawa, Hiroshige III. Illustrateur Kinoshita, Hironobu II (-1844?). Illustrateur, Bibliothèque nationale de Fran

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