It is 1830. Utagawa Hiroshige is a fire warden from a low-ranking samurai family who is struggling to establish himself as an ukiyo-e artist. One day, he learns about a new paint called Berlin ...

Sketches of the Human Head ... from A Picture Book Miscellany, Utagawa Hiroshige, 1849, woodblock print, V&A Images / Alamy Stock Photo It isn’t just the human form that can be divided into ...