Original Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese woodblock print, early 1800

Original Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese woodblock print “Amusements at Goten-yama” (Goten-yama yky), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Kto meisho). Hiroshige was born in Edo (present day Tokyo) in 1797, the son of a fireman. After his parents died, Hiroshige began studying the art of woodblock printing with Toyohiro in 1810 or 1811, at age […]