名所江戸百景 真崎辺より水神の森内川関屋の里を見る|The Suijin Temple Grove, Uchikawa, and the Village of Sekiya
Utagawa Hiroshige
8th month 1857
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
H. 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm); W. 8 11/16 in. (22.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1914
Accession Number
JP64
Tags
HillsLandscapesBoats
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...