Framed height 18.5 in., width 9.5 in.; sight, height 14.5 in., width 6.5 in., Color woodblock print; o-tanzaku, Estate of James Cash, St. Louis MO. Secchu Tsubaki Ni Suzume, Utagawa Hiroshige is recognized as a master of the ukiyo-e woodblock printing tradition, having created 8,000 prints of everyday life and landscape in Edo-period Japan with a splendid, saturated ambience. His woodblock prints continue to convey the beauty of Japan and provide insight into the everyday life of its citizens during the Edo period. The appeal of his tender, lyrical landscapes was not restricted to the Japanese audience. Hiroshige’s work had a profound influence on the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists of Europe. The Camellias and Sparrows in Falling Snow is owned by the Chicago Art Institute, as an outstanding example of ukiyo-e woodblock.