1828
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
Yabase no Kihan|近江八景之内 矢橋帰帆|Fishing Boats Returning to Yabase is a 1828 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting Boat, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a calm bay with boats drifting back to shore. A mountain looms in the distance, dark against a soft orange sky. Trees line the water’s edge, and the waves are gentle. The artist used simple lines and flat colors to keep it clean and clear. The text in the corner is Japanese—likely the title. Look up Utagawa Hiroshige next—he made many prints like this.
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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