The Mimeguri Embankment on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Mimeguri tsutsumi), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions
21.3 × 33.7 cm (8 3/8 × 13 1/4 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
60396
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...