Artwork preview

Kusatsu

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a Japanese street scene titled "Kusatsu" by Utagawa Hiroshige. The scene shows a street with two rows of buildings with dark roofs. The buildings have yellow walls with dark wood accents. The row of buildings on the right have covered walkways and red banners with black Japanese characters hanging from them. There are people dressed in traditional Japanese clothing in blue and green. Some of them carry large round objects. A brown horse with a green covering on its back and a red saddle is led by a man in blue. The left side shows a low building with a tiled roof and trees. The background has Japanese characters written vertically. The color palette includes shades of blue, green, yellow, red, and brown.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1838
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 440 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
View original
Palette