Accomplishments (Tashinami 嗜みき) from the Money Trees for Virtuous Women (Fukutoku kane no naru ki 婦久得金の成木) series

Accomplishments (Tashinami 嗜みき) from the Money Trees for Virtuous Women (Fukutoku kane no naru ki 婦久得金の成木) series

Utagawa Hiroshige
Edo, Japan 1797 - 1858

1846 - 1847

color woodblock print
25.4 x 37 centimeters

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 watchiman 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.

color woodblock print

25.4 x 37 centimeters