Returning Sails at Otomo (Otomo kihan), from the series "Eight Views of Kanazawa (Kanazawa hakkei)"
Utagawa Hiroshige
c. 1835/36
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions
23.7 × 35.2 cm (9 5/16 × 13 7/8 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
47591
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...