Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
Japanese, 1786-1864
Memorial portrait of Utagawa Hiroshige
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Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
Japanese, 1786-18641858
Memorial portrait of Utagawa Hiroshige
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) Japanese, 1786-1864 →Japanese (culture or style)woodblock printprint
Date
1858
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions
35.6 × 24.5 cm (14 × 9 5/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Clarence Buckingham Collection
Here, Utagawa Hiroshige is depicted as a monk in a Buddhist monastery seated on a cushion. He is dressed in a priestly garb of green and an overgarment of thin, black silk gauze. The lengthy text by Hiroshige’s good friend, writer Tenmei Rojin, gives an account of the artist’s career, ending with Hiroshige’s farewell poem: “Dropping my brush in Azuma [Edo], I go the long journey to the western country [paradise] to view there the wonderful scenery.”
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