Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige, "Shinano Province: Sarashina Rice Field, Mount Kyodai"

On nights with a full moon, the flooded rice terraces and the Chikuma River at the foot of Mount Kyodai in Shinano Province (modern-day Nagano Prefecture) shimmer with the moon's reflection. This sweeping composition from Hiroshige’s "Famous Views of the Sixty-Odd Provinces," a celebrated series comprising sixty-nine landscapes, is an idyllic representation of a poetic spectacle known as Tagoto no tsuki, or "the moon in every paddy."

Series: Famous Views of the Sixty-Odd Provinces
Date: 1853
Size: Oban
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke
Condition: Wear on bottom margin, soiling right bottom, otherwise very good color and condition
Frame Shown: 16" x 24" x 1/2", Classic Wood, Clear Walnut, Tan Mat

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) is the most important Japanese artist to emerge from Edo period ukiyo-e. Hiroshige is a widely recognized master of Japanese woodblock prints whose works have had a tremendous influence on artistic currents throughout the world. His woodblock prints are highly coveted by collectors and museums around the world.