Descending Geese at the Rice Fields (Tanbo no rakugan) and Evening Bell of the Morning After (Kinuginu no bansho), from the series "Eight Views of Figures Inside and Outside (Soto to uchi sugata hakkei)"
Utagawa Hiroshige
19th century
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions
36.5 × 25 cm (14 3/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
26713
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...