1834
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
東海道五十三次 池鯉鮒 首夏馬市|Chiriu, Station No. 40 is a 1834 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting Horse, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a grassy field with about 20 horses grazing behind a simple wooden fence. A few people in loose robes and hats stand or crouch near the horses, and one person rides a horse. In the background, a lone pine tree stands tall against a pale sky, with a distant shoreline and a few small buildings. The artist used bold outlines and flat colors to keep the scene clean and easy to read. The horses’ varied colors and the people’s calm poses make the scene feel lively but orderly. Next, check out cross-hatching to see how artists build texture 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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