Autumn Leaves and the Togetsu Bridge at Arashiyama in Kyoto
- Date:
- ca. 1840-1842
- Medium:
- Source:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
Description
A fan-shaped print in a rounded, curved-top format shows a wide river with a deep-blue hillside rising on the right, its slopes dotted with clusters of red-orange autumn foliage among dark green pine trees. In the foreground, gnarled pine and a bare-branched maple with pink-red leaves frame the scene from the left bank, while several figures in conical hats pole flat wooden rafts across the water; a low wooden bridge with tiny walking figures spans the river in the middle distance beneath a sky that shifts from grey at the top to a pink-red band near the horizon. Vertical text cartouches at the upper right and the artist's signature at the lower right accompany the composition; the work is Utagawa Hiroshige's 1840 print "Autumn Leaves and the Togetsu Bridge at Arashiyama in Kyoto."
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Frequently Asked Questions
Autumn Leaves and the Togetsu Bridge at Arashiyama in Kyoto was created by Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重) in ca. 1840-1842.
Autumn Leaves and the Togetsu Bridge at Arashiyama in Kyoto depicts landscapes, bridges, and autumn foliage.