Suijin Shrine and Massaki on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Suijin no mori Massaki), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858)
1856
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Classification
- Dimensions
- 33.4 × 22 cm (13 1/8 × 8 11/16 in.)
- Culture
- Japan
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Asia
- Credit line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
In this well-known image of cherry blossoms in spring, people make their way to a ferry (out of view at left) to ride across the Sumida River. This print has subtle, delicate coloration and beautiful gradation (bokashi) in the sky, on the distant mountain, and on the tree trunk and path.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
