Maisaka: Ferryboats Crossing the Sea at Imagiri (Maisaka, Imagiri kaijo funewatashi), no. 31 from the series "Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi meisho zue)," also known as the Vertical Tokaido
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions
35.9 × 25.4 cm (14 1/8 × 10 in.)
Classification
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
29541
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...