Amanohashidate in Tango Province (Tango Amanohashidate), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)"
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
26683
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Art Institute of Chicago's Arts of Asia collection, where you'll find *Amanohashidate in Tango Province (Tango Amanohidate), a stunning 1859 color woodblock print by Uawa Hiroshige IIShigenobu). Part of the series *One Hundred Famous Views in Various Provinces (Shok meisho hyak)*, this oban work continues the legacy ofshige I, his master, capturing Japan's most celebrated landscapes during the late Edo period. manohashidate, a pine-covered sandbar in what was then Tango Province (modern-day Kyoto Prefecture), is one of Japan's "Three Most Scenic Views." Hiroshige II masterfully...
About the Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) · 1826–1869
Utagawa Hiroshige II, born Suzuki Chinpei in 1826, was one of the most accomplished ukiyo-e artists of mid-nineteenth century Japan. He entered the studio of the celebrated landscape master Utagawa Hiroshige I — known for his iconic series "The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido" — and proved himself the most talented of the elder artist's few students. So highly regarded was the young pupil that...