1835
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
歌川広重画 「近江八景之内 唐崎夜雨」|Night Rain at Karasaki, from the series Eight Views of Ōmi (Ōmi hakkei no uchi) is a 1835 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting Boat, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a dark, rainy night by the water. Heavy rain falls in thick lines. A lone boat sits in the foreground, small against the storm. On the shore, a few buildings peek out, half-hidden by mist. The artist used tiny lines to build up the rain and clouds. It looks like they stacked them to make it feel heavy and real. Try looking up cross-hatching to see how this works.
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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