東海道五十三次之内 亀山 雪晴|Kameyama, Yuki Hare
ca. 1834
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
9 15/32 x 14 in. (24.1 x 35.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1918
Accession Number
JP517
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the renowned series *The Fifty-three Stations of theōkaidō*, Utagawa Hiroshige the poetic beauty of Japan's historic coastal road from Edo (modern Tokyo) to Kyoto This 1834 woodblock print *Kameyama, Yuki Hare* ("Kameyama, Clearing Snow"), depicts the 45th station at Kameyama during a serene winter moment when snow begins to melt under clearing skies. Hiroshige, a leading figure in the ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world") movement of Japan's Edo period (1615–1868), masterfully evokes the transient atmosphere of nature, with snow-dusted trees and distant mountains bathed in soft light....
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...