1742
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1742 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Baroque work, depicting Horse, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a horse and rider walking away from us under a bright moon. The sky is deep blue, and the horse’s back is plain and simple. Trees with bare branches lean over the path, and the rider wears a wide-brimmed hat. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show the horse’s movement and the moon’s glow. The print looks like it was made fast, almost like a quick sketch. Look up cross-hatching next to see how artists build shadows 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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