東都名所 御殿山之夕桜|Evening Cherries on Gotem Yama
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
9 x 13 15/16 in. (22.9 x 35.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1914
Accession Number
JP30
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Evening Cherries on Goten Yama** (1830) by Utagawa Hiroige captures a serene twilight moment at Goten Yama, a celebrated hill in Edo (modern Tokyo). This woodblock print, part of Hiroshige's series *amous Places of the Eastern*, depicts blooming cherry trees framing a tranquil riverside scene with boats gliding below. The intimate dimensions—9 x 13 15/16 inches— viewers into the fleeting beauty of spring sakura under a soft evening sky, evoking the Japanese appreciation for *mono no aware*, the pathos of transience. Hiroshige, a master of the ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world") movem...
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...