1857, Utagawa Hiroshige, The Plum Garden at Kameido (first edition) -- British Museum (London)
From the museum label: As the sun lifts above the horizon on a spring morning, the misty air lights up a brilliant reddish pink. In a beautiful display of the printer's art, the vibrant colour gradation envelops the early risers visiting the famous plum garden at Kameido. Hiroshige's use of an enlarged tree and distant landscape gives the viewer a privileged vantage point, unavailable to those visiting the garden.
1857, Utagawa Hiroshige, The Plum Garden at Kameido (first edition) -- British Museum (London)
From the museum label: As the sun lifts above the horizon on a spring morning, the misty air lights up a brilliant reddish pink. In a beautiful display of the printer's art, the vibrant colour gradation envelops the early risers visiting the famous plum garden at Kameido. Hiroshige's use of an enlarged tree and distant landscape gives the viewer a privileged vantage point, unavailable to those visiting the garden.