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  1. 1797-1858. Japanese artist whose landscape
  2. prints, often using snow or rain to create
  3. atmosphere, include Tokaido gojusan-tsugi/53
  4. Stations on the Tokaido Highway 1833.
  5. Hiroshige was born in Edo (now Tokyo), and
  6. his last series was Meisho Edo Hyakkei/100
  7. Famous Views of Edo 1856-58, uncompleted
  8. before his death. He is thought to have made
  9. over 5,000 different prints. Whistler and van
  10. Gogh were among Western painters influenced
  11. by him.
  12.