Distant View of Mount Akiha, Kakegawa
Andō Hiroshige
1833/1835
Medium
color woodcut on Japanese paper
Dimensions
image: 22.54 × 34.93 cm (8 7/8 × 13 3/4 in.) (approximate dimensions; sealed inside mat)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Donald Stone
Accession Number
2022.40.69
About the Artist
Andō 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...