Enjoying the Evening Cool at Shijō in Kyoto, from the series One Hundr

Under a dusky blue sky, crowds gather along a riverbank at evening while a group of people relax on a wooden pier in the foreground, some seated and some standing with fans. Rows of stalls, paper lanterns and tall white banners line the far shore, rendered in fine woodblock lines and soft gradations of color.

Look closer: A small artist's seal and signature sit in the lower left margin beside the pier.

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige II

Date

1859, eighth month

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

1313 × 1929 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1919