1835
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
Untitled is a 1835 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting Human Figure, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a lone traveler bent over on a bamboo bridge. The person wears a wide-brimmed hat and a cloak, holding a walking stick. Behind them, bare trees stretch across a dark, snowy landscape, and a river runs below. Snow dots the sky and ground. The artist used simple shapes and bold outlines to show the scene’s quiet mood. The bridge’s diagonal lines lead your eye toward the traveler, making them feel small in the vast, wintry world. Look up cross-hatching next 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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