Analysis: Utagawa Hiroshige ll “Nihonbashi, Thirty-six Views of Tokyo (

Niroshige ll, Thirty-six views of capital of Japan is done in the style Ukiyo-e which during the Edo termination was a way for artisans to mass produce their art work. Ukiyo-e is the technique of woodblock, Ukiyo-e has serval different themes. It consist of Bijin ( beautiful women of the pleasure quarter) Portraits of actors, Famous landscapes, and Asobi-e ( erotica ). The Nihonbasi Thirty-six views of Tokyo is done in the Landscape tradition, which is portrayed in the title of the patsy. Landscape prints normally feature a beautiful place in japan that the Chonin would loss to visit, the artist Utagawa Hiroshige ll uses techniques to portray what the subject of the piece which is a harbor and shoreline that helps help portray a sense of depth and logging to the Thirty-six views of Tokyo. With the subject of the print being so easily given, the composition of the print is one that is not so easily seen. There is a lot that is going on in the print which at first conveys a sense o f chaos, theres maybe a bridge, a shoreline with buildings, boats and a ladder of some sort right in the mettle ...