An album of haiku poems for the new year (Haikai uta aratama jo)
Utagawa Hiroshige
c. 1850
Medium
Woodblock printed book
Dimensions
25.7 × 18.5 cm (10 1/8 × 7 5/16 in.)
Classification
book
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
204052
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...