横浜賣物図会の内 唐犬|Copper Plate Engraving of a Woman Riding a Horse, a Goat and a Dog
3rd month, 1860
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 14 3/4 x 10 in. (37.5 x 25.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
Accession Number
2007.49.139
Tags
Art Historical Context
This vibrant woodblock print, titledYokohama Eki Motsu Zu-e no Uchi: Tōken* (from the series "Yokohama Export Picture Book: Chinese Dog"), was created by Utagawashige II in the 3rd month of 1860. A successor to his famous uncle Hiroshige I, the artist was a master of ukiyo-e, the Japanese "pictures of the floating world" that captured everyday beauty and transience. Produced during the late Edo period amid Japan's forced opening to the West after Commodore Perry's arrival, this work belongs to the "Yokohama-e" genre—colorful souvenirs designed for foreign tourists at the newly opened port of Y...
About the Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige II · 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...