Shinagawa: Sunrise (Shinagawa, hinode), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido
c. 1833/34
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions
23.5 × 37.5 cm (9 1/4 × 14 1/2 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
25551
Art Historical Context
Utagawa Hiroshige's *Shinagawa: Sunrise*Shinagawa, hinode) captures the poetic beauty of dawn at the first station along the historic Tōkaidō Road, the vital coastal route connecting Edo (modern Tokyo) Kyoto during Japan's Edo period (1603–1868). around 1833–34 as part of the renowned series *Fifty-three Stations the Tōkaidō Road*—also called the Hōeidō Tōkaidō—this print is one of Hiroshige masterpieces in the ukiyo-e tradition, celebrating landscapes, travel, and fleeting moments of nature. Printed in vibrant colors on woodblock as an ōban sheet (measuring 23.5 × 37.5 cm), the artwork showc...
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...