The Far Bank of the Oi River in Kanaya (Oigawa engan, Kanaya), section of sheet no. 6 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Tokaido (Tokaido harimaze zue)"
Utagawa Hiroshige
c. 1848/52
Medium
Color woodblock print; section of harimaze sheet (uncut sheet: 1939.1298)
Dimensions
15.6 × 25.2 cm (6 3/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
60456
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...