Oiso, Odawara, Hakone, Mishima, and Numazu, no. 3 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Tokaido (Tokaido harimaze zue)"
Utagawa Hiroshige
c. 1848/52
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban, harimaze
Dimensions
37 × 25.8 cm (14 5/8 × 10 1/8 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
33675
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...