One Hundred Famous Views of Edo #56
Iris Garden at Horikiri (Horikiri no Hana-shobu)

One Hundred Famous Views of Edo #56
Iris Garden at Horikiri (Horikiri no Hana-shobu)

Ando Hiroshige
Japanese, 1797 - 1858

1857

woodblock print
25.4 x 36.5 centimeters

print

Hiroshige is known as the “artist of rain, snow, and mist”. Born as Ando Tokutaro, he was to follow the career of his father as a fire watchman. In 1811, he was a pupil of Toyohiro. In 1812, he officially became accepted into the Utagawa School. Through this, he took his post as a fire watchman until 1823 when he passed it on to his son. He began his career producing actor prints. At age 31 when his master died, he turned to landscape prints. Hiroshige’s work was an ideal image of what he saw in his mind. What he did was to adapt and alter the landscape details and also the seasons to suit the moods he envisioned.

University Purchase with funds from the Charles I. and Blanche Barber Fine Arts Fund

Gyoei of Shitaya