1834
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
東海道五十三次之内 大津 走井茶屋|Otsu, Soii Chaya is a 1834 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting House, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a busy street scene in a town with thatched-roof houses and bare trees. People walk, pull carts, and gather near a small bridge. The sky is blue, and the ground is dusty, with a few small buildings in the background. Notice how the artist uses simple lines and flat colors to create depth. The trees look almost skeletal, and the people are tiny compared to the buildings. Look up cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows with lines.
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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