ワークシートザーッと降る夕立、しんしんと積もる雪、ぽっかり浮かぶ月。歌川広重は、日本の四季と天気を、まるで音や温度まで伝わってくるように描いた浮世絵師です。代表作《東海道五拾三次》は大ヒットし、江戸の人々は絵を見ながら、旅に出たような気分を楽しみました。
A sudden evening shower, softly falling snow, a full moon floating in the sky. Utagawa Hiroshige was an ukiyo-e artist who painted Japan's seasons and weather so well that you can almost hear the rain and feel the cold. His Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō was a huge hit, and people in Edo enjoyed traveling through his pictures.
広重のあざやかな青は「ヒロシゲブルー」とよばれ、海外でも愛されました。ゴッホは広重の絵を油絵で写し、モネたちも大胆な構図をまねしました。火消しの家に生まれた少年が、どうして風景画の名人になったのか。江戸から京都へ、そして世界へ。広重といっしょに旅に出かけましょう。
Hiroshige's bright blue, called 'Hiroshige blue,' was loved overseas, too. Van Gogh copied his prints in oil, and Monet and others borrowed his bold compositions. How did a boy from a firefighting family become a master of landscape? From Edo to Kyoto, and then to the world, let's travel with Hiroshige.
