木曾路之山川|Mountains and Rivers Along the Kisokaidō
Utagawa Hiroshige
ca. 1930s
Medium
Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
14 3/4 x 10 in. (37.5 x 25.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture
Japan
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Cole J. Younger, 1975
Accession Number
JP3440a–c
Tags
RiversLandscapesTreesSnow
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...