名所江戸百景 浅草田圃酉の町詣|Revelers Returned from the Tori no Machi Festival at Asakusa, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
13 1/16 x 8 11/16 in. (33.2 x 22.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1914
Accession Number
JP60
Tags
Art Historical Context
In Utagawa Hiroshige masterful woodblock print *Revelers Returned from Tori no Machi Festival Asakusa* (1857), from his iconic series *One Hundred Famous Views Edo*, we glimpse a lively evening scene in Edo (modern-day Tokyo) during the Edo period (1615–1868). Revelers stroll home through moonlit rice fields after the vibrant Tori no Machi festival at Asakusa Temple, a popular autumn event honoring the rooster (tori). Hiroshige captures the festive energy with figures in colorful kimonos, playful cats scampering nearby, and the distant silhouette of Mount Fuji rising majestically under a starr...
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...