名所江戸百景 馬喰町初音の馬場|The First Race Course, Horse-Dealer's Street
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
H. 14 1/16 in. (35.7 cm); W. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1919
Accession Number
JP1183
Tags
TowersStreetsTreesHuman Figures
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...