Newly Published Perspective Picture of Mount Fuji in Spring from Tagonoura (Shinpan uki-e Tagonoura haru no Fuji)

Q: When was "Newly Published Perspective Picture of Mount Fuji in Spring from Tagonoura (Shinpan uki-e Tagonoura haru no Fuji)" created?

This artwork was created c. 1772/89.

Utagawa Toyoharu

c. 1772/89

Medium

Color woodblock print; oban

Dimensions

25.3 × 39.4 cm (10 × 15 3/8 in.)

Classification

woodblock print

Department

Arts of Asia

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

36689

About the Artist

Utagawa Toyoharu · 1735–1814

Utagawa Toyoharu (1735–1814) holds a foundational place in the history of Japanese printmaking as the founder of the prolific and long-lived Utagawa school, which would go on to produce some of the most celebrated names in ukiyo-e, including Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi. Born in what is now Hyogo Prefecture, Toyoharu moved to Edo, where he studied under Toriyama Sekien and later explored the Kano schoo...

Newly Published Perspective Picture of Mount Fuji in Spring from Tagonoura (Shinpan uki-e Tagonoura haru no Fuji)

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