東都名所 新吉原朝桜之図|Morning Cherries at Yoshiwara

東都名所 新吉原朝桜之図|Morning Cherries at Yoshiwara by Utagawa Hiroshige

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

H. 9 7/16 in. (24 cm); W. 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm)

Classification

Prints

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1922

Accession Number

JP1314

Tags

HousesTreesMorningHuman Figures

About the Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige · 18261869

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...

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