# Enjoying the natural landscape

- By: Ando Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)
- Date: 1797-1858
- Medium: Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
- Classification: Prints
- Culture: Japan
- Credit line: Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Robert H. Patterson
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/74632)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/6afbf183c86719f5827df295d4402b1b.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This spring scene shows a traditional spring weekend of people enjoying the cherry blossoms and visiting a temple. Visitors meander through the gardens, up slopes, and around a Buddhist temple. Other people are shown leisurely strolling along and taking in the natural landscape. Hiroshige balances the scene with his architecture landscape, contrasting colors that are evenly dispersed.