1845
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Fire is a 1845 by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing shows a woman in traditional robes standing on a boat during a fire. Behind her, flames rise from buildings along a riverbank, while another boat carries people away. The scene is sketched in ink with simple lines and shading. The artist used quick, loose strokes to show chaos and movement. Notice how the fire’s glow lights up the smoke—it’s dramatic but also calm, like a story unfolding. Check out cross-hatching to see how artists build depth with lines.
A preliminary drawing titled *Fire* by Utagawa Hiroshige from 1845, executed in sumi ink on paper as a shita-e for a fan-print, depicts a river scene with a woman in the foreground. The woman, dressed in a wind-whipped kimono, clutches a lantern.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川 広重) or Andō Hiroshige (安藤 広重), born Andō Tokutarō (安藤 徳太郎; 1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition.
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