The Eight Views at Lake Biwa in the Evening (Omi Hakkei Moku)
Utagawa Yoshikazu
Mid 19th century
Medium
Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban triptych (right: 1997.771a, center: 1997.771b)
Dimensions
36.8 × 24.9 cm (14 1/2 × 9 13/16 in.)
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
196156
About the Artist
Utagawa Yoshikazu
Utagawa Yoshikazu (active circa 1850–1870) was a Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print artist who came of age during one of the most dynamic periods in Japanese history — the twilight of the Edo period and the dawning of the Meiji era. Born and active in Edo (present-day Tokyo), he trained under the celebrated master Utagawa Kuniyoshi, one of the towering figures of the Utagawa school renowned for his ...