1834
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
東海道五十三次之内 平塚 縄手道|Hiratsuka, Nawate Do is a 1834 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting Mountain, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a quiet road beside a river, with two travelers carrying loads. One holds a lantern, the other a bundle on a pole. Tall pine trees line the path, and a big mountain looms in the background. A small wooden post with writing stands near the road, and a distant temple roof peeks through the trees. The artist packed a lot into small details—like the travelers’ shadows or the way the river reflects the sky. The mountain in the back is famous in Japanese art, but here it’s just part of the everyday scene. Look up Utagawa Hiroshige next to see how he turned simple landscapes into stories.
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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