Ejiri, Fuchu, Mariko, and Okabe, no. 6 from the series "Pictures of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi zue)"
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban, harimaze
Dimensions
36.7 × 25.6 cm (13 3/4 × 10 1/8 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
33698
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...