1835
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dominant colour
近江八景之内 三井晩鐘|Vesper Bell at Mii Temple, Lake Biwa is a 1835 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting Mountain, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a quiet evening by a lake, with two mountains rising in the background. One mountain is dark and jagged, while the other is smoother and covered in trees. In the foreground, a few small buildings and bare trees line the shore, and the sky glows with warm pink and yellow light. Notice how the artist used short, sharp lines to create texture on the mountains and trees—this isn’t just shading, it’s a way to show depth with patterns. The scene looks peaceful, but the lines also add a sense of movement, like wind or time passing. If you like this, look up cross-hatching 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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