Artwork from the JSP Estate/Private Collection
Nationality
Japanese
Artist Dates
1797-1858
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Date of Work
ca. 1851
Medium
Woodblock
Signature
Center right
Height
9 7/16"
Width
7 1/8"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection: James Smith Pierce Collection
Status
Stored: 211_W02
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Artist Bio
Utagawa Hiroshige was a ukiyo-e artist born in 1797 in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan. Hiroshige first studied at the Kano school of painting and later on entered an apprenticeship with Utagawa Toyohiro. Hiroshige is known as the last great master of ukiyo-e prints and for his colored woodblock prints and paintings which depict women, actors, samurai, romantic landscapes, birds and flowers. Works by Utagawa Hiroshige can be found in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Van Gogh Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, and several other galleries internationally.
Additional Information
Female figure, Japanese, Kimono, Geisha, Ukiyo-e. Signature similar to 1851 signature in another work.
James Smith Pierce Collection
Condition
Very good
Rights
Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”