Kewaizaka no Shosho cutting her hair to become a nun, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue)"
Utagawa Hiroshige
c. 1843/47
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions
36.5 × 24.8 cm (14 3/8 × 9 3/4 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
34477
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...