1840
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dominant colour
東海道五十三次 水口 平松山美松|Minaguchi is a 1840 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting Animal, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a winding road through a green, hilly landscape. Two people walk alongside a donkey carrying a bundle. The sky is bright blue with fluffy clouds, and the trees are dark green with some brownish-red trunks. The road curves downhill, with terraced fields on one side. The print’s flat colors and bold outlines give it a clean, almost graphic look. The artist used simple shapes and bright colors to show depth, which makes the scene feel calm and orderly. 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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