Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom Along the Sumida River [Sumida-gawa hana-zakari]

Utagawa (Andō) Hiroshige, 1839–1842

This print shows a river scene with a green hill on the left. Trees with pink blossoms, light blue banners, and crowds of indistinct people dressed in white, pink, and blue are visible on top of the hill in the distance. Closer to us, different types of boats drift along the blue river with people sitting or standing on them. The people wear robes or tunics in shades of gray, green, red, or blue, and they appear to have skin in shades of white and peach. On the right, more vessels with white sails are seen in the distance as the river extends into the horizon. The sky is mostly white, although around the horizon it is a peachy-orange color. On the right side of the print are vertical lines of characters.
Kunstenaar
Utagawa (Andō) Hiroshige
Datering
1839–1842
Soort
Prent
Techniek
color woodcut on Japanese paper
Afmetingen
25,4 × 37,47 cm
Collectie
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licentie
Publiek domein, CC0

Beeldbeschrijving

This print shows a river scene with a green hill on the left. Trees with pink blossoms, light blue banners, and crowds of indistinct people dressed in white, pink, and blue are visible on top of the hill in the distance. Closer to us, different types of boats drift along the blue river with people sitting or standing on them. The people wear robes or tunics in shades of gray, green, red, or blue, and they appear to have skin in shades of white and peach. On the right, more vessels with white sails are seen in the distance as the river extends into the horizon. The sky is mostly white, although around the horizon it is a peachy-orange color. On the right side of the print are vertical lines of characters.

Utagawa (Andō) Hiroshige