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The Monkey Bridge
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The Monkey Bridge

Date unknown

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

9 1/16 x 4 1/16 in. (23 x 10.3 cm) Probably harimazé (mixed print)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Mrs. J. Watson Webb, 1930

Classification

Prints

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

About Utagawa Hiroshige

1650–1750Japan

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist widely regarded as the last great master of the woodblock print tradition.