浪花名所図会 今宮 十日恵比寿|Imamiya Toka Ebisu
Utagawa Hiroshige
ca. 1828
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
H. 9 11/16 in. (24.6 cm); W. 14 11/16 in. (37.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1926
Accession Number
JP1484
Tags
RoadsLanternsHuman FiguresTrees
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...