六十余州名所図会 因幡 か路小山|View of Kajikoyama, Inaba Province, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces
ca. 1853
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Aiban; 13 15/16 x 9 1/4 in. (35.4 x 23.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1918
Accession Number
JP593
Tags
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...