Spring View from the Foot of Asuka Hill (Asukayama shita haru no kei), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
Utagawa Hiroshige
c. 1835/44
Medium
Color woodblock print; chutanzaku
Dimensions
12.6 × 37.5 cm (4 15/16 × 14 3/4 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
47492
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...