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歌川広重画 楓に孔雀|A Peacock Perched on a Maple Tree

歌川広重画 楓に孔雀|A Peacock Perched on a Maple Tree by Utagawa Hiroshige

Medium

Woodblock print

Dimensions

14 13/16 x 5 in. (37.6 x 12.7 cm)

Classification

Prints

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1918

Accession Number

JP269

Rights

Public Domain

Tags

PeacocksTrees

About the Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige · 1826–1869

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), born Andō Tokutarō, was the last great master of Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock printmaking and one of the most influential landscape artists in history. Born in Edo (modern Tokyo) into a low-ranking samurai family serving as fire wardens, Hiroshige transformed landscape printmaking into a poetic meditation on nature, weather, and everyday life. His revolutionary approac...

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