六十余州名所図会 播磨 舞子の浜|Maiko Beach, Harima Province, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces
ca. 1853
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ōban; Image: 12 3/8 × 9 in. (31.4 × 22.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession Number
JP2509
Tags
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...