江戸高名会亭尽 池之端 蓬莱亭 青楼花見の休み
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
9 x 14 in. (22.9 x 35.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Cole J. Younger, 1975
Accession Number
JP3439
Tags
BuildingsRiversWomen
About the Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige II|Utagawa Hiroshige · 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...