ARTIST
Hiroshige
1797 - 1858
Hiroshige
Utagawa Hiroshige (, also US: ; Japanese: 歌川 広重 [ɯtaɡawa çiɾoꜜɕiɡe]), born Andō Tokutarō (安藤 徳太郎; 1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. Hiroshige is best known for his horizontal-format landscape series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō and for his vertical-format landscape series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. The subjects of his work were atypical of the ukiyo-e genre, whose typical focus was on beautiful women, popular actors, and other scenes of the urban pleasure districts of Japan's Edo period (1603–1868). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hiroshige has received more than 1,066,431 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Hiroshige is the 10th most popular artist (up from 12th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Japan (up from 42nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Artist.
Hiroshige is most famous for his series of prints of the 53 Stations of the Tokaido, which were published in 1833.
Memorability Metrics
1.1M
Page Views (PV)
69.30
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
65
Languages Editions (L)
6.79
Effective Languages (L*)
3.94
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among ARTISTS
Among artists, Hiroshige ranks 10 out of 125. Before him are Yoko Ono, M. C. Escher, Jusepe de Ribera, Hans Holbein the Younger, Victor Vasarely, and Anders Zorn. After him are Joseph Beuys, Yves Klein, Jean Arp, Käthe Kollwitz, Roy Lichtenstein, and Theo van Doesburg.
Most Popular Artists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsYoko Ono
1933 - Present
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 4
M. C. Escher
1898 - 1972
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 5
Jusepe de Ribera
1591 - 1652
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 6
Hans Holbein the Younger
1497 - 1545
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 7
Victor Vasarely
1906 - 1997
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 8
Anders Zorn
1860 - 1920
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 9
Hiroshige
1797 - 1858
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 10
Joseph Beuys
1921 - 1986
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 11
Yves Klein
1928 - 1962
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 12
Jean Arp
1886 - 1966
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 13
Käthe Kollwitz
1867 - 1945
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 14
Roy Lichtenstein
1923 - 1997
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 15
Theo van Doesburg
1883 - 1931
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 16
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1797, Hiroshige ranks 8. Before him are Heinrich Heine, William I, German Emperor, Mary Shelley, Gaetano Donizetti, Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan, and Adolphe Thiers. After him are Ghalib, Joseph Henry, Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Charles Lyell, Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, and Alfred de Vigny. Among people deceased in 1858, Hiroshige ranks 4. Before him are Robert Owen, Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, and Robert Brown. After him are Rani of Jhansi, Matthew C. Perry, Johannes Peter Müller, Karl Thomas Mozart, Anton Diabelli, John Snow, Ary Scheffer, and Aimé Bonpland.
Others Born in 1797
Go to all RankingsHeinrich Heine
WRITER
1797 - 1856
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 2
William I, German Emperor
POLITICIAN
1797 - 1888
HPI: 77.99
Rank: 3
Mary Shelley
WRITER
1797 - 1851
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 4
Gaetano Donizetti
COMPOSER
1797 - 1848
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 5
Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan
POLITICIAN
1797 - 1871
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 6
Adolphe Thiers
POLITICIAN
1797 - 1877
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 7
Hiroshige
ARTIST
1797 - 1858
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 8
Ghalib
WRITER
1797 - 1869
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 9
Joseph Henry
PHYSICIST
1797 - 1878
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 10
Maria Leopoldina of Austria
WRITER
1797 - 1826
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 11
Charles Lyell
GEOLOGIST
1797 - 1875
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 12
Frederick Augustus II of Saxony
POLITICIAN
1797 - 1854
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 13
Alfred de Vigny
WRITER
1797 - 1863
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 14
Others Deceased in 1858
Go to all RankingsRobert Owen
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1771 - 1858
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 1
Joseph Radetzky von Radetz
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1766 - 1858
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 2
Robert Brown
BIOLOGIST
1773 - 1858
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 3
Hiroshige
ARTIST
1797 - 1858
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 4
Rani of Jhansi
POLITICIAN
1828 - 1858
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 5
Matthew C. Perry
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1794 - 1858
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 6
Johannes Peter Müller
PHYSICIAN
1801 - 1858
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 7
Karl Thomas Mozart
MUSICIAN
1784 - 1858
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 8
Anton Diabelli
MUSICIAN
1781 - 1858
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 9
John Snow
PHYSICIAN
1813 - 1858
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 10
Ary Scheffer
PAINTER
1795 - 1858
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 11
Aimé Bonpland
BIOLOGIST
1773 - 1858
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 12
In Japan
Among people born in Japan, Hiroshige ranks 40 out of 6,245. Before him are Lee Myung-bak (1941), Yasujirō Ozu (1903), Itō Hirobumi (1841), Isao Takahata (1935), Emperor Kōmei (1831), and Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894). After him are Gichin Funakoshi (1868), Hiroo Onoda (1922), Morihei Ueshiba (1883), Takeda Shingen (1521), Takeshi Kitano (1947), and Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147).
Others born in Japan
Go to all RankingsLee Myung-bak
POLITICIAN
1941 - Present
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 34
Yasujirō Ozu
FILM DIRECTOR
1903 - 1963
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 35
Itō Hirobumi
POLITICIAN
1841 - 1909
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 36
Isao Takahata
FILM DIRECTOR
1935 - 2018
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 37
Emperor Kōmei
POLITICIAN
1831 - 1867
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 38
Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1972
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 39
Hiroshige
ARTIST
1797 - 1858
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 40
Gichin Funakoshi
MARTIAL ARTS
1868 - 1957
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 41
Hiroo Onoda
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1922 - 2014
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 42
Morihei Ueshiba
MARTIAL ARTS
1883 - 1969
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 43
Takeda Shingen
POLITICIAN
1521 - 1573
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 44
Takeshi Kitano
FILM DIRECTOR
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 45
Minamoto no Yoritomo
POLITICIAN
1147 - 1199
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 46
Among ARTISTS In Japan
Among artists born in Japan, Hiroshige ranks 3. Before him are Hokusai (1760), and Yoko Ono (1933). After him are Akira Yoshizawa (1911), Hasui Kawase (1883), Yoshitaka Amano (1952), Yoshitomo Nara (1959), and Tatsuki Fujimoto (1993).
Hokusai
1760 - 1849
HPI: 80.62
Rank: 1
Yoko Ono
1933 - Present
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 2
Hiroshige
1797 - 1858
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 3
Akira Yoshizawa
1911 - 2005
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 4
Hasui Kawase
1883 - 1957
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 5
Yoshitaka Amano
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 6
Yoshitomo Nara
1959 - Present
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 7
Tatsuki Fujimoto
1993 - Present
HPI: 35.78
Rank: 8