Yui: Satta Peak (Yui, Satta mine), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido
c. 1833/34
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions
23.7 × 37 cm (9 5/16 × 14 9/16 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
18255
Art Historical Context
Utagawa Hiroshige's *Yui: Satta Peak (Yui, Satta mine)* is a captivating color woodblock print from his series *Fifty-three Stations the Tokaido RoadTokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)*, also known as theido Tokaido, created around 1833–34. This series immortalizes the 53 post stations along the historic Tokaido route connecting Edo (modern Tokyo) to Kyoto, a vital artery for travelers, pilgrims, and officials during Edo period (1603–1868). Hiroshige, a master of the ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world") school, elevated landscape prints with his poetic sensitivity to nature, weather, and huma...
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...