No. 65: Takamiya, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"
Utagawa Hiroshige
c. 1835/38
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions
25.9 × 38.1 cm (10 1/4 × 15 in.)
Classification
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
36464
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...