Artwork
江戸高名会亭尽 池之端 蓬莱亭 青楼花見の休み|Ikeno Mata (Horai-ya)
江戸高名会亭尽 池之端 蓬莱亭 青楼花見の休み|Ikeno Mata (Horai-ya) is an ink print by the Romanticist artist Utagawa Hiroshige. It dates from 1840 and is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Accession no.
- JP1177
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1919
About this work
Overview
This woodblock print, created around 1840 by Utagawa Hiroshige, is part of a series showcasing notable teahouses and restaurants in Edo.
Subject & Meaning
The print depicts a lively scene at the Horai-ya teahouse in the Ikeno area during cherry-blossom season, with a group of people gathered in a pavilion by a lake, surrounded by reflections of the sky and distant buildings.
Technique & Style
The artist employed traditional woodblock techniques with ink and color on paper, using bold colors and simple shapes to convey the scene, and included a poem about cherry blossoms in Japanese text at the top.
Artist & collection
Artist
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.
