The Fish Market at Zakoba (Zakoba uoichi no zu), from the series "Famous Views of Osaka (Naniwa meisho zue)"
Utagawa Hiroshige
c. 1834
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions
24.4 × 37.1 cm (9 9/16 × 14 9/16 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
18355
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...