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Goten Hill (Goten-yama), from the series "Flower Viewing in Edo (Edo hanami tsukushi)"

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

c. 1820s

Goten Hill (Goten-yama), from the series "Flower Viewing in Edo (Edo hanami tsukushi)" by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Medium

Color woodblock print; oban

Dimensions

36.6 × 24.5 cm (14 3/8 × 9 5/8 in.)

Classification

print

Department

Arts of Asia

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

32917

About the Artist

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) · 1786–1864

Utagawa Kunisada I, also known as Toyokuni III (1786–1865), was born Sumida Shōgorō in the Honjo district of Edo (modern Tokyo) into a family that operated a hereditary ferry-boat service, providing stability after his father's early death. Displaying prodigious talent in drawing from childhood, he became an apprentice to the master Utagawa Toyokuni I around 1801 at age fifteen, entering the prest...

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