Enjoying the Evening Cool on the Riverbed at Shijo in Kyoto (Kyo Shijogawara yusuzumi), section of sheet no. 14 from the series "Cutouts for the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi harimaze)"
Medium
Color woodblock print; section of harimaze sheet
Dimensions
18.6 × 18.6 cm (7 3/8 × 7 3/8 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
60446
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...