Mt. Fuji and River Landscape
Object NamePrint
Artist / Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Date1845
MediumWoodblock print on paper
Dimensions7 7/8 x 6 in. (20 x 15.2 cm)
ClassificationsPrints and Printing Plates
Credit LineGift of the Neva Petersen Estate. In the permanent collection, Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberUM2010.155
Status
Not on viewCollections
CultureJapanese
Label TextIn the centuries before photography, ink rubbings made from stone carvings were an inexpensive way to preserve and promulgate important calligraphy and images. By the 1800s woodcut prints had taken on a similar role.
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Brunnier Art Museum
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Utagawa Hiroshige
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Ogata Gessen
1904
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Utagawa Hiroshige II
1864
Object number: UM2010.173
