Asakusa Kinryuzan shita Azumabashi uchu nozomi|東都名所 浅草金龍山下東橋雨中望|View of the Asakusa Kinryuzan Temple from the Azuma Bridge in the Rain
ca. 1840
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, tanzaku format
Dimensions
14 9/16 x 5 in. (37.0 x 12.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1914
Accession Number
JP45
Rights
Public Domain
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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...