1838
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
東都名所 浅草金龍山年の市|Asakusa Kinryusan Toshi no Ichi is a 1838 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting Templ, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a snowy temple scene with a tall pagoda in the center, surrounded by bare trees dusted with snow. Below, a long building with a red roof and wooden railings runs along a riverbank. People in dark robes walk along the path, and a small inset picture shows a close-up of a lantern with red paper decorations. The artist used fine lines to show texture, like the snow on branches or the folds in the robes. This was a common way to add detail without heavy shading. Look up cross-hatching to see how artists build depth with lines like these.
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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