It was a cold night, the fields were deserted, and the travelers had gathered in a small teahouse to warm themselves after their first day on foot from Edo (now Tokyo) to Kyoto. There is a clever little detail in this painting: look closely at the kimono of the seated traveler and the lantern above.

1. 歌川広重Utagawa Hiroshige（1797-1858）
HIROSHIGE: HODOGAYA, UPRIGHT
TOKAIDO
It was a cold night, the
fields were deserted, and
the travelers had gathered
in a small teahouse to
warm themselves after
their first day on foot from
Edo (now Tokyo) to Kyoto.
There is a clever little
detail in this painting: look
closely at the kimono of
the seated traveler and the
lantern above. You can see
the reflection of the light
reflected in the kimono and
the hanging lantern on the
traveler's body,
which may be intentionally expressed by the sculptor or
extension artist. Hidden in an indoor fireplace. "Vertical
Drawing of the Tokaido" is the first of Utagawa Hiroshige's
many Tokaido series works that uses vertical composition.
Generally speaking, vertical pictures are not suitable for
landscape painting, but Hiroshige used techniques such as
bird's-eye-view composition and close-up composition to
perfectly make up for the shortcoming of the narrow
viewing angle of vertical composition.
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