Asakusa Kinryuzan shita Azumabashi uchu nozomi|東都名所 浅草金龍山下東橋雨中望|View of the Asakusa Kinryuzan Temple from the Azuma Bridge in the Rain

Asakusa Kinryuzan shita Azumabashi uchu nozomi|東都名所 浅草金龍山下東橋雨中望|View of the Asakusa Kinryuzan Temple from the Azuma Bridge in the Rain by Utagawa Hiroshige

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, tanzaku format

Dimensions

14 9/16 x 5 in. (37.0 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

Rogers Fund, 1914

Accession Number

JP45

Tags

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About the Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige · 18261869

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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