Suijin Woods and the Shrine at Massaki (Suijin no mori, Massaki yashiro), section of a sheet from the series "Cutout Pictures of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho harimaze zue)"
Medium
Color woodblock print; section of harimaze sheet
Dimensions
12.6 × 22.1 cm (5 × 8 3/4 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
60458
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...