奥村 政信画 浮絵 「紋尽名古屋曽我」|Full Moon at Kanazawa, Province of Musashi
Medium
Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
L. sheet: 9 15/16 x 14 5/8 in. (25.2 x 37.1 cm); C. sheet: 14 21/32 x 9 29/32 in. (37.2 x 25.2 cm); R. sheet: 14 21/32 x 9 15/16 in. (37.2 x 25.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Accession Number
JP3509a–c
Tags
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...