東都名所 芝赤羽根之雪|Shiba, Akabane no Yuki
ca. 1837
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
10 1/8 x 14 15/16 in. (25.7 x 37.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1918
Accession Number
JP604
Tags
Art Historical Context
Utagawa Hiroshige *Shiba, Akabane no Yuki* (Snow at Shiba Akabane), created around 1837, captures a serene winter moment in Edo (modern-day Tokyo) as part of his renowned seriesFamous Places of the Eastern Capital*. This woodblock depicts the Akabane Bridge spanning a snow-dusted river in the Shiba district, with bundled against the chill, evoking the everyday poetry of urban life during Japan's Edo period (16151868). Hiroshige, a master of the ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world") tradition, elevated landscape prints to poetic heights, blending realism with atmospheric beauty. The mediu...
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...