Mount Koya in Kii Province (Kii, Koya), section of sheet no. 16 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Provinces (Kunizukushi harimaze zue)"
Medium
Color woodblock print; section of harimaze sheet
Dimensions
18.1 × 7.9 cm (7 3/16 × 3 1/8 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
60478
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...