歌川国芳画 「高祖御一代略図 佐州塚原雪中」|Concise Illustrated Biography of Monk Nichiren: In Snow at Tsukahara on Sado Island
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
1835–36
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Oban: H. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm); W. 14 11/16 in. (37.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
JP1422
Tags
Human FiguresTreesRainSnow
About the Artist
Utagawa Kuniyoshi · 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...