Mitsuuji in the Maruyama Pleasure District of Nagasaki (Nagasaki dejima)
3rd month, 1861
Medium
Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image (a): 14 1/2 x 10 in. (36.8 x 25.4 cm) Image (b): 14 5/8 x 10 1/8 in. (37.1 x 25.7 cm) Image (c): 14 3/4 x 10 in. (37.5 x 25.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
Accession Number
2007.49.146
Tags
About the Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige II|Utagawa Kunisada · 1826–1869
Utagawa Hiroshige II, born Suzuki Chinpei in 1826, was one of the most accomplished ukiyo-e artists of mid-nineteenth century Japan. He entered the studio of the celebrated landscape master Utagawa Hiroshige I — known for his iconic series "The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido" — and proved himself the most talented of the elder artist's few students. So highly regarded was the young pupil that...