The Compound on Mount Narita, Shimosa Province (Shimosa narita-san keidai, from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”
Medium
Color woodblock print
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
196848
Art Historical Context
Nestled within Utagawa Hiroshige's masterful series *One Hundred Famous Views the Various Provinces* (okoku meisho hyakkei), *The Compound on Mount Nar, Shimosa Province*1859) invites visitors to the grand temple grounds of Narita-san Shinō-ji. This color woodblock print depicts the sprawling complex in Shimosa Province (modern-day Chiba Prefecture), a bustling pilgrimage site famed for its New Year's Temple, drawing devotees for prayers and festivals during Japan's Edo period. Hiroshige II (also known as Shigenobu), a devoted pupil and successor to the legendary Hiroshige I, continued his ma...
About the Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) · 1826–1869
Utagawa Hiroshige II, born Suzuki Chinpei in 1826, was one of the most accomplished ukiyo-e artists of mid-nineteenth century Japan. He entered the studio of the celebrated landscape master Utagawa Hiroshige I — known for his iconic series "The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido" — and proved himself the most talented of the elder artist's few students. So highly regarded was the young pupil that...