名所江戸百景 馬喰町初音の馬場|Hatsune no Baba; Bakurocho
ca. 1857
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
H. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm); W. 8 13/16 in. (22.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1925
Accession Number
JP1469
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the bustling world of 19th-century Edo withtagawa Hiroshige *Hatsune no Baba;urocho*, a captivating woodblock print from his celebrated series *One Hundred Famous of Edo* (Meisho Edo Hyakkei), created around 1857. This ōban print (13½ × 8⅞ inches) captures a lively scene in the Bakurocho district, men gathered amid trees and towering structures, evoking the energy of urban life near what may have been a horse-training ground named after the Hatsune shrine. Hiroshige, a master of the ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world") tradition, masterfully blends everyday activity with natura...
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...