Shono: Shiratori Mound (Shono, Shiratorizuka), section of sheet no. 12 from the series "Cutouts of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi harimaze)"
Medium
Color woodblock print; section of harimaze sheet (uncut sheet: 1939.1297)
Dimensions
17.6 × 7 cm (6 15/16 × 2 13/16 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
26408
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...