小倉擬百人一首|Album of Eighty-eight Prints from the series Ogura Imitations of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu)
about 1845–48
Medium
Album of 88 woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
14 × 9 1/4 × 1 in. (35.6 × 23.5 × 2.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mary L. Cassilly, 1894
Accession Number
JP206
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite album, *Ogura Imitations of One Hundred Poems One Hundred Poets* (ura nazorae hyakunin isshu), brings together the talents of three ukiyo-e masters: Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Utagawa Hirosh, and Utagawa Kunisada. Created around 1845–48 during Japan's Edo period (1615–8), it comprises 88 vibrant woodblock prints in ink color on paper, bound into a compact album measuring 14 × 9¼ × 1 inches. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Asian Art Department since a 1894 gift, it exemplifies the "floating world" style—ukiyo-e's celebration of everyday beauty, drama, and heroism. Inspired by...
About the Artist
Utagawa Kuniyoshi|Utagawa Hiroshige|Utagawa Kunisada · 1797–1861
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861) was born in Edo to the silk-dyer Yanagiya Kichiyemon, originally bearing the childhood name Yoshisaburō. From a young age, he assisted in his family's pattern design work, which sharpened his innate mastery of color and textile motifs that would permeate his later prints. At around twelve years old, his prodigious drawing skills drew the attention of the renowned Utag...