名所江戸百景 真間の紅葉手古那の社継はし|Maples at Mama, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
ca. 1857
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
14 1/8 × 9 1/16 in. (35.9 × 23 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1918
Accession Number
JP646
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the vibrant tradition of ukiyo-e woodblock prints, Utagawa Hirosh's *Maples at Mama, the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo*ca. 1857) captures the fleeting beauty of autumn in Edo-period Japan (1615–1868). This iconic landscape depicts brilliant red maples framing the ancient Shinmei Shrine at Mama, a scenic spot along the Tone River northeast of Edo (modern Tokyo). Hiroshige, a master of the genre alongside Hokusai, skillfully renders the season's splendor with layered colors and atmospheric perspective, evoking a sense of poetic transience central to Japanese aesthetics. Printed usin...
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...