Ukeji, Akiba no Keidai|名所江戸百景 請地秋葉の境内|Inside the Akiba Shrine at Ukeji
8th month, Snake year 1857
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
13 1/4 x 8 23/32 in. (33.7 x 22.2 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
JP61
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
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...