While observing Shimbashi no Zu which was created by Utagawa Hiroshige in Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) around 1797-1858 Tokyo (Edo)I can see that it is a very busy art piece with many things happening. To begin my observation, it looks as if the print is capturing the spirit of a town in Japan. It seems to be a somewhat decent sized town due to the many people crossing the bridge. It seems to be a lot of samurais are escorting someone who appears to be in the middle inside the wooden house that is being carried by other people. While looking at the left side of the print I can see what looks like to be two men talking about what is transpiring in their town. In general, the feel of the print comes off as if it’s trying to say that day was a very important…show more content… Automatically your eyes are attracted to the large amount of people and then when you look in the middle of that group you can see someone is being transported. On the left side of the print a very large house is visible and could potentially be where the person in the small wooden house could be staying at. There’s also a chance that it could be a multitude of stores inside the building.
The print was made in Tokyo around 1797-1858. The reason why it was made is currently unknown. Only assumptions can be brought up as to why it was made. Maybe it was for the town to capture their spirit or for anything else. The print was made using polychrome woodblock print with ink and color on paper. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to find more information about it while looking for it.
While investigating the work and looking more at it I can see that at the back of the big line entering the town the people in the back are dressed much better then everyone else. It seems as if the more important people go to the back while the samurais stay in the front to protect them all. There also seems as if there’s one person dressed in a red robe. It seems as if it’s a mistake mostly due to everyone else wearing blue clothing even the person next to the red robe
