1840
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
東海道五十三次 池鯉鮒|Chiryu is a 1840 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting Tree, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This painting shows six men carrying large yellow boxes on their shoulders. They are walking in a line, with trees and a mountain range in the background. The sky is blue and white, with some Japanese writing on the right side. The men are all wearing blue shorts and have different colored headbands. They are all carrying long sticks to help them balance the heavy boxes. The boxes are tied together with rope and have a grid pattern on them. The painting is a woodblock print, ink, and color on paper, created by Utagawa Hiroshige around 1840. It's part of the Romanticism movement and is held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. If you're interested in learning more about this style, you might want to check out the Romanticism movement.
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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