1842
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
東海道五十三次之内 平塚 馬入川舟渡しの図|Hiratsuka; Banyugawa Funa Watashi no Zu is a 1842 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting Horse, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a river with a boat in the middle. On the shore, four people and a horse stand near bundles. One person holds a stick. Behind them, a big mountain rises under a blue sky with clouds. Trees line the riverbank. The red banner on the right has writing in Japanese. The artist used bold colors and simple shapes to show daily life. Look up Utagawa Hiroshige to see more prints like this.
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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