1842
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
東都名所 外桜田弁慶桜の井|Soto Sakurada, Benkei Bori, Sakura-no-i is a 1842 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting Human Figure, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a quiet riverside scene in winter. A wide, calm river curves through a town, its banks lined with bare trees and a few leafless bushes. People in simple robes walk along the path, some sitting by the water’s edge while others stand near a small wooden fence. On the right, a covered well with red lanterns sits under a bare tree, and a few buildings with tiled roofs line the street in the background. The sky glows soft pink at dusk, reflecting off the snow-dusted rooftops. The artist used bold colors—deep blues for the water, bright reds for lanterns—to make the scene feel lively despite the cold. Look up Utagawa Hiroshige next.
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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