1834
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
歌川広重画 「あふみ八景 辛崎夜雨」|Evening Rain at Karasaki, from the series Eight Views of Ōmi (Ōmi hakkei) is a 1834 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting Evening, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a quiet evening by the water. A small village with simple houses sits near the shore, surrounded by dark trees. Behind them, a mountain looms under a sky filled with slanted rain. The artist used quick, angled lines to show the rain falling hard. The colors are calm—deep blues for the water, muted grays for the mountain. Look up cross-hatching next 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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