1853
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dominant colour
六十余州名所図会 播磨 舞子の浜|Maiko Beach, Harima Province, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces is a 1853 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting Beach, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a sandy beach with tall, twisted pine trees bending over the shore. The water is calm, and a few small waves lap at the sand. In the distance, a faint city skyline sits across the water, while the sky stays soft and pale. The trees’ gnarled branches are painted in bold reds and greens, standing out against the muted blues of the sea and sky. This style was a way to show nature’s wild beauty in everyday scenes. Next, look up Utagawa Hiroshige to see how he made landscapes feel alive.
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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