Description
Utagawa Hiroshige, a member of the samurai class, inherited his father's official post as a teenager, though he simultaneously apprenticed as a ukiyo-e artist. He maintained this arrangement for close to two decades, only retiring his official position in the years following the death of his artistic master. It was around this time that he began creating landscapes, the woodblock prints that would make him and his work beloved around the world.
The prints showcased in this holiday card assortment present Hiroshige's vision of the idyllic, tranquil Japanese winter. Contains five each of the following holiday cards: Kozuke Province: Mount Haruna in Snow, 1853; Kinryuzan Temple at Asakusa, 1856.;Year-end Fair at Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa, c. 1835-1838; Evening Snow at Mimeguri, Eight Views of the Sumida River, c. 1840-1842.
Museum Story
The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, opened to the public in 1923, a gift to the nation from Charles Lang Freer. The Gallery contains an extensive collection of oriental art, prints, sculpture and silk panels, as well as a major group of 19th and 20th century American works.
Details
- Inside greeting: Season's Greetings
- Set of 20 cards, 5 each of 4 designs, and 20 soft white envelopes
- Matching decorative box
- 7" x 5", 2 horizontal and 2 vertical designs
- Made in China
