Yamauba in the Ashigawa Mountains Accompanied by Flying Nightingale (Uguisu) Men, the second piece from the diptych of "Spring Mountains (Haru no yama-mata)"
Totoya Hokkei
about 1830
Medium
Color woodblock print; left piece of the diptych
Dimensions
43.2 × 19.4 cm (17 1/16 × 7 11/16 in.)
Classification
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
81069
About the Artist
Totoya Hokkei · 1780–1850
Totoya Hokkei (魚屋 北渓, 1780–1850), born Iwakubo Tatsuyuki in Edo (modern Tokyo), began his life as a humble fishmonger in the Yotsuya Samegahashi district, a trade reflected in his art name "Totoya," meaning fish shop. He transitioned to art through rigorous training, first studying under Kanō Yōsen'in Korenobu, head of the Kobikichō branch of the prestigious Kanō school, where he honed landscape p...