Young girl at tea house in Iriya
Utagawa Hiroshige II
mid-19th century
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 14 3/4 × 9 7/8 in. (37.5 × 25.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Museum Accession
Accession Number
JP1093.7
Tags
BooksMenWomenTrees
About the Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige II · 1826–1869
Utagawa Hiroshige II, born Suzuki Chinpei in 1826, was one of the most accomplished ukiyo-e artists of mid-nineteenth century Japan. He entered the studio of the celebrated landscape master Utagawa Hiroshige I — known for his iconic series "The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido" — and proved himself the most talented of the elder artist's few students. So highly regarded was the young pupil that...