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Motomura no yūdachi|Evening Glow at Motomura [Two Englishmen looking at the sunset]

Utagawa Yoshitora

ink

paper

From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

Impressionism Realism Classical Antiquity Evening

Dominant colour

Motomura no yūdachi|Evening Glow at Motomura [Two Englishmen looking at the sunset] is a 1 ink by Utagawa Yoshitora, a Impressionism work, depicting Evening, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Who painted this?: Utagawa Yoshitora
When & what style?: 1 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?: Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this work

This print shows two men in bright, bold clothes standing outside a building with a tiled roof. One wears a black military-style uniform with gold buttons, a tall hat, and a red cane. The other has a red coat and a dark hat, leaning on the first man’s arm. Inside the building, two figures sit near a window, looking out at a sunset with pink and yellow skies. The red cane and the way the men’s faces are drawn—big eyes, full beards—give it a cartoonish, exaggerated feel. The print mixes sharp outlines with flat colors, almost like a comic. Look up cross-hatching next to see how artists build shading with lines.