諸国名所百景 肥前長崎唐船の津|Dutch and Chinese Ships in the Harbor at Nagasaki in Hizen Province
3rd month, 1859
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 14 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (36.2 x 24.8 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
2007.49.136
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the bustling harbor of Nagasaki, Hizen Province, Utagawa Hiroshige captures a vibrant scene of international exchange in this 1859 woodblock print from series *One Hundred Famous Views of the Provinces*. Titled *Dutch and Chinese Ships in the Harbor at Nagasaki in Hizen Province*, the depicts towering foreign vessels adorned with flags and eagle motifs, their sails billowing against a dynamic sky. Hiroshige II, a pupil of the master landscape artist Hiroshige I, skillfully blends meticulous detail with atmospheric perspective, evoking the ukiyo-e tradition of "pictures of the floating world...
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...