江戸名所 芝神明|Famous Places of Edo: Shiba Shinmei
19th century
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
8 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. (21.6 x 34 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Gustave von Groschwitz, 1993
Accession Number
1993.309
Tags
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...