1857
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
名所江戸百景 昌平橋 聖堂 神田川|Shohei Bridge, Seido Temple and Kanda River is a 1857 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Impressionism work, depicting Boat, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a rainy scene by a river. A winding path follows the water’s edge, where a few people walk under umbrellas. On the left, a lone pine tree stands on a grassy hill. To the right, a bridge crosses the river, and boats float beneath it. The sky is dark with slanted rain, while the hills stay green. The artist used short, angled lines to show the rain’s movement. This trick makes the scene feel alive, even though it’s just ink and color on paper. Try looking up cross-hatching to see how artists create texture 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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