Naito Shinjuku at Yotsuya (Yotsuya Naito Shinjuku), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)”
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions
35.6 × 24.1 cm (14 × 9 1/2 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
34321
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Naitō Shinjuku was a small post town, a stop on the road outside Edo (now Tokyo) for long-distance travelers. This modest place would boom in later centuries and has become Shinjuku, a major commercial center in the heart of modern Tokyo. Here, Hiroshige shows the horses and horse droppings outside of a small line of shops and brothels.
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...