1838
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
江戸近郊八景之内 玉川秋月|Autumn Moon on the Tama River is a 1838 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting Boat, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a quiet river scene at dusk. A big, dark tree with long branches stands on the shore, its roots tangled in the ground. People in simple clothes fish from the bank or sit in small boats on the water. The sky is pale blue with a bright moon rising over distant hills. The artist used thin, precise lines to show light and shadow on the tree and water. This wasn’t just about pretty scenery—it was about mood. Next, check out cross-hatching to see how artists build depth with lines.
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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