1834
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
東海道五十三次之内 大磯 虎ケ雨|Tiger Rain at Ōiso Station is a 1834 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting Animal, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a rainy scene with two travelers walking along a muddy path. One carries a bundle, the other holds an umbrella. Tall pine trees line the road, their dark branches bending under wet leaves. In the background, a few houses with thatched roofs sit on a hill, and a horse stands tied near a fence. The rain looks heavy, but the travelers don’t rush—they move slowly, like they’re used to it. The artist used ink and color to show how water drips and blurs the scene. Next, look up cross-hatching to see how artists build 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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