Scenic View from the Summit of Mount Atago in Shiba (Shiba Atago sanjo chobo no zu), from the series "Newly Selected Famous Places in Edo (Shinsen Edo meisho)"
Utagawa Hiroshige
c. 1839/42
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions
22.7 × 34.9 cm (8 15/16 × 13 3/4 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
33743
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...