View of Mount Fuji from across the Sea at Miho Bay in Suruga Province (Sunshu Fujisan Miho no kaijo yori chobo), from the series "Ten Views of Famous Mountains in the Provinces (Meizan tsukushi shokoku jukkei)"
Utagawa Hiroshige
c. 1844/46
Medium
Color woodblock print; uchiwa-e on aiban sheet
Dimensions
22.3 × 29.7 cm (8 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
23727
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...