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For a time in the early 1840s, in response to shifts in demand spurred by the [[Tenpo Reforms|Tenpô Reforms]], Hiroshige returned to images of actors, warriors, beauties, and other figures, before returning once more to the production of landscapes. He was also commissioned around this time to produce a number of hanging scroll paintings.

For a time in the early 1840s, in response to shifts in demand spurred by the [[Tenpo Reforms|Tenpô Reforms]], Hiroshige returned to images of actors, warriors, beauties, and other figures, before returning once more to the production of landscapes. He was also commissioned around this time to produce a number of hanging scroll paintings.

Hiroshige died in 1858, possibly a victim of the cholera epidemic which swept through Edo at that time. His last great series was "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" (''Meisho Edo hyakkei''), published serially between [[1856]] and [[1859]].<ref>Christine Guth, ''Art of Edo Japan'', Yale University Press (1996), 117.</ref>

Hiroshige died in 1858, possibly a victim of the cholera epidemic which swept through Edo at that time. His last great series was "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" (''Meisho Edo hyakkei''), published serially between [[1856]] and [[1859]].<ref>Christine Guth, ''Art of Edo Japan'', Yale University Press (1996), 117.</ref> His son-in-law produced prints under the name [[Utagawa Hiroshige II|Hiroshige]] as well, and was followed by another of his students, known today as [[Utagawa Hiroshige III]].

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