Sakanoshita: View of Mount Fudesute (Sakanoshita, Fudesuteyama no zu), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)
Utagawa Hiroshige
c. 1837/42
Medium
Color woodblock print; chuban
Dimensions
17.2 × 23.1 cm (6 3/4 × 9 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
56248
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...