Goyu - Ando Hiroshige Magnet

Goyu by Ando Hiroshige. From the series: Tōkaidō gojūsantsugi no uchi : 53 stations of the Tōkaidō Road. Print shows travelers walking down street between many stores, shops, and inns at the Goyu station on the Tōkaidō Road. Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858), Japanese painter and printmaker, known especially for his landscape prints. The last great figure of the Ukiyo-e, or popular, school of printmaking, he transmuted everyday landscapes into intimate, lyrical scenes that made him even more successful than his contemporary, Hokusai.