1842
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dominant colour
木曽海道六拾九次之内 洗馬|Senba Station is a 1842 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting Boat, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a quiet night scene by water. A person in a boat pushes a long pole through shallow streams, carrying a load of what looks like sand or soil. Tall, bare trees stand in the background, their branches reaching across a moonlit sky with soft pink and blue clouds. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show movement in the water and the person’s effort. The moon glows behind the trees, lighting the scene just enough to see the details. Next, check out cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows with layered 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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