Honmoku Bay of Musashi Province
Utagawa Hiroshige
19th century
Medium
Matted painting; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
8 1/4 x 12 3/16 in. (20.9 x 31 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Francis Lathrop, 1908
Accession Number
08.148.9
Tags
MountainsLandscapes
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...