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Temple Viewing During Springtime
Ando Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)
1797-1858
- Medium
- Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
- Classification
- Prints
- Culture
- Japan
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Credit line
- Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Robert H. Patterson
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), 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 Smithsonian Institution
About this work
This spring scene shows a traditional spring weekend of people enjoying the cherry blossoms and visiting a temple. A long line of visitors, old and young, patiently line up as wait to enter the temple. Other people are shown leisurely strolling along another avenue. Hiroshige balances the scene with his architecture landscape, contrasting colors that are evenly dispersed.
