Artwork preview

江戸十二景 仲洲之景

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woodblock print with a blue background depicting a body of water. Several small boats are on the water, with one large boat prominently in the foreground, right. The large boat has a tall red sail. Several people are on the boats. There are green plants growing on the right bank. Two large white sails are in the background, to the left of centre. A cityscape is in the background, on the left and right. Black Japanese characters are on the left and top right of the image, the latter on a red background. The print has a yellow border.

Artwork details

Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 399 px
Museum record:
View original
Palette

You May Also Like

Takanawa no Yukei
Low Tide at Shibaura (Shibaura shiohi no zu), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capitol (Toto meisho)"
Evening View of Takanawa (Takanawa no yukei), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
Returning Sails at Gyotoku (Gyotoku no kihan), from the series "Eight Views in the Environs of Edo (Edo kinko hakkei no uchi)"
Incoming Boats at Tsukuda Island (Tsukudajima irifune no zu), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
Mouth of the Naka River (Nakagawa guchi no zu), from an untitled series of famous views of the Edo suburbs
Boats Returning to Gyotoku
Nagato Province: Shimonoseki (Nagato, Shimonoseki), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)"
Evening, The Jetty at Vlissingen
Eitai Bridge and New Land at Fukagawa (Eitaibashi Fukagawa shinchi), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
View of Ryogoku Bridge in the Eastern Capital
Returning Sails at Gyotoku (Gyotoku no kihan), from the series "Eight Views in the Environs of Edo (Edo kinko hakkei no uchi)"
Chinese Ships at Nagasaki
Clearing Weather at Shibaura
London As It Is:  Westminster, from Waterloo Bridge
Maisaka, from an untitled series of the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido
View of Tsukuda Island (Tsukudajima no kei), from the series "Eastern Capital (Toto)"
Boats Returning to Gyotoku
Takanawa Okido at the Shinagawa Station (Shinagawa-juku Takanawa Okido), from the series "Eastern Capital (Toto)"
River with Town
Niigata in Echigo Province (Echigo Niigata), from the series "Wrestling Matches between Mountains and Seas (Sankai mitate zumo)"
Clearing Weather at Shibaura (Shibaura seiran), from the series "Eight Views in the Environs of Edo (Edo kinko hakkei no uchi)"
View of Eitai Bridge (Eitaibashi no zu), from the series "Famous Places in Edo (Koto meisho)"
Off Tsukuda Island in the Eastern Capital (Toto Tsukuda oki), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei)"