1830
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
歌川広重画 朝顔に鶏と傘|Rooster, Umbrella, and Morning Glories is a 1830 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting Flower, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a bright white rooster with a red face and comb strutting forward. Behind it, a tall bamboo umbrella stands open, its yellow and black stripes sharp against the sky. Large green morning glory leaves and blue flowers climb up the umbrella’s handle, as if reaching toward the rooster. The rooster’s feathers are detailed with tiny lines, giving them texture. The umbrella’s stripes create a pattern that feels both solid and light, like rain might pass right through it. Next, look up cross-hatching to see how artists use lines to build shadows and depth.
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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