1840
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
東海道五十三次 四日市 日永村追分 参宮道|Yokkaichi is a 1840 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting House, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a busy street scene with a giant red torii gate in the center. People walk under umbrellas, some carrying bags or bags of money. A small dog sits near the gate, and buildings with signs line both sides. Trees in the background have bright pink blossoms, and the sky is pale. The torii gate marks the entrance to a Shinto shrine area. The signs on the buildings likely name shops or inns along the road. Next, look up house to see how daily life in old Japan shaped this kind of street scene.
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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