Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Alfred Haft is back, alongside co-curator Emily Williams on a lyrical journey through Edo Japan, as they guide you on a highlights tour of the first exhibition on Hiroshige's work in London in over 25 years.

From fashionable figures and energetic city views to remote landscapes and impressions of the natural world, Hiroshige captured many aspects of life in the Japan of his time - a country on the cusp of changing forever.

Exhibition Tickets: britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/hiroshige-artist-open-road

00:00 Who was Utagawa Hiroshige?
01:19 Hiroshige's road to fame
02:16 Hiroshige's journies around Japan
03:36 Hiroshige's depictions of nature
05:07 Japnese Edo-period fans
05:41 Hiroshige and Prussian blue
06:38 Hiroshige's 100 famous views of Edo
07:51 Hiroshige's Legacy

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