1857
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dominant colour
名所江戸百景 市中繁栄七夕祭|The Tanabata Festival, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo is a 1857 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Impressionism work, depicting House, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This painting shows a lively scene of a festival. There are trees, houses, and colorful streamers and flags flying in the air. The colors are mostly pastel shades of blue, red, and yellow. The scene seems to be set in a town or city, with many buildings and trees in the background. The overall mood is one of celebration and joy. If you're interested in learning more about the artist behind this work, you might want to look up Utagawa Hiroshige.
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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