Wisteria at Kameido Shrine Hiroshige Fine Art Poster

Wisteria at Kameido Shrine, Utagawa Hiroshige, from 100 Famous Views of Edo 歌川広重「重亀戸天神境内」, 名所江戸百景 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – October 12, 1858) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, and one of the last great artists in that tradition. Legend has it that Hiroshige determined to become a ukiyo-e artist when he saw the prints of his near-contemporary, Hokusai. (Hokusai published some of his greatest prints, such as Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji, in 1832—the year Hiroshige devoted himself full-time to his art.) From then to Hokusai's death in 1849, their landscape works competed for the same customers. This 65th print from Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo series is well known to millions of viewers. It shows both the wisteria blossoms and the steeply-arched "drum bridge" of this famous Tokyo landmark. Vintage ukiyoe or ukiyo e artistic floral and landscape nature fine art woodblock print.