# Viewing of the cherry blossoms

- 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/74637)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/89dbbf972ad6ddecba17dd2f0ab0b8f0.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. Viewers sit on blankets and stand beneath the blooming branches as they enjoy nature and look out onto the ocean. Hiroshige creates a linear distinction using blocks of color, a red horizon, a stripe of blue ocean, the black rooftops, and yellow clouds that hover just above the green grass.