Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 425,000+ artworks, 36,000+ artists, and 800+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

Envelope with hand shadow of boatman by Utagawa Hiroshige — VisualArtsDB

Envelope with hand shadow of boatman

Envelope with hand shadow of boatman

Utagawa Hiroshige

1797–1858

Medium: Color woodblock print; envelope
Dimensions: 17.8 × 4.8 cm (7 × 1 7/8 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

Styles

Japanese (culture or style)

Tags

printasian artJapanese (culture or style)woodblock print

More by Utagawa Hiroshige

Shinagawa

Shinagawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830

Ochanomizu

Ochanomizu

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1853

Yoshida

Yoshida

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830

The Parting Depth of the Three-pronged River (Mitsumata Wakarenofuchi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

The Parting Depth of the Three-pronged River (Mitsumata Wakarenofuchi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Tanokuchi in Bizen Province (Bizen Tanokuchi), from the series "Wrestling Matches between Mountains and Seas (Sankai mitate zumo)"

Tanokuchi in Bizen Province (Bizen Tanokuchi), from the series "Wrestling Matches between Mountains and Seas (Sankai mitate zumo)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Ishibe: Megawa Village (Ishibe, Megawa no sato), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido

Ishibe: Megawa Village (Ishibe, Megawa no sato), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1828

Hamamatsu

Hamamatsu

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797

Maples at Kaianji Temple (Kaianji koyo), from an untitled series of famous views of the Edo suburbs

Maples at Kaianji Temple (Kaianji koyo), from an untitled series of famous views of the Edo suburbs

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1834

Shinobazu Pond in Falling Snow (Shinobazu ike setchu no zu), section of a sheet from the series "Famous Views in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

Shinobazu Pond in Falling Snow (Shinobazu ike setchu no zu), section of a sheet from the series "Famous Views in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1840

Nippori, from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

Nippori, from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830

A Peacock Perched on a Maple Tree

A Peacock Perched on a Maple Tree

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1823

Sparrow and Hibiscus

Sparrow and Hibiscus

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1824