UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (Japan,1797-1858)
Towboats Yotsugi-dor Canal
One of the great Japanese landscape artists, Hiroshige began his last print series,One Hundred Famous Views of Edo when he was 60 years old. Edo (modern Tokyo), is where he was born & lived his entire life. The prints in the series reflect the introspection & solitude of Hiroshige's last years & are considered to be a masterpiece in the history of ukiyo-e ('pictures of the floating world'). Towboats Yotsugi-dor Canal is among the prints in the series.This fine-quality reproduction is printed on heavy poster stock and is suitable for framing.
Dimensions: 22" x 36"
Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum
