Fishermen And Washerwomen At Tamagawa Village

Artist Andō Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797 - 1858)

Date1853

Mediumwoodcut

Dimensionsmat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
mount: 13 1/4 × 17 3/4 in. (33.7 × 45.1 cm)
sheet: 9 1/4 × 14 3/8 in. (23.5 × 36.5 cm)
image: 8 9/16 × 13 9/16 in. (21.8 × 34.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Miss Fillette Many

Exhibition History"Vistas: Visions of China, Japan, and Korea," KIA Joy Light Gallery of Asian Art (Oct. 20, 2021 - Feb. 6, 2022)Label TextHiroshige was a master of nineteenth-century Japanese printmaking, known primarily for his poetic landscapes. In addition to views of Edo and Mt. Fuji, this prolific artist created a series of prints that depicted “stations” along the famous Tokaido Road and other celebrated locations. Japanese viewers were intrigued by the more realistic, Western-style perspective Hiroshige employed after studying early Dutch prints. Shortly after the artist’s death, his prints found new admirers in Europe, especially among artists. Both Vincent Van Gogh and James Abbott McNeill Whistler were among Hiroshige’s admirers. Van Gogh painted copies of Hiroshige prints, while Whistler emulated Hiroshige’s reduction of color, graceful lines, and prominent foreground objects in his tributes. [From Cobalt to Indigo: The Power of Blue in East Asia, March 28 - July 12, 2026]

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