Nihon Temple on Mount Nokogiri, Boshu Province (Boshu Nokogiriyama Nihonji) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Paper: 34.9 × 23.5 cm (13 3/4 × 9 5/16 in.); Block: 33.6 × 22.3 cm (13 1/4 × 8 13/16 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
196784
Art Historical Context
**Nihon Temple on Mount Nokogiri, Boshu Province** *Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu), 1859* Color woodblock print; Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Asia This stunning color woodblock print captures the dramatic Nihon Temple (Nihonji) perched on the rugged cliffs of Mount Nokogiri in Boshu Province (modern-day Chiba Prefecture). Created by Utagawa Hiroshige II, a talented pupil and adopted son of the legendary Hiroshige I, it belongs to the series *One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)*. Published between 1859 and 1861, the series extended Hiroshige ...
About the Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) · 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...