Procession to the Torinomachi festival in the rice fields of Asakusa by Hiroshige Landscape capturing the quality of light

capturing the quality of light that makes Barcelona unmistakable at dusk

glowing bouquet in which colour operates beyond botanical description and enters the realm of feeling

contemplative

the whole rendered on a restrained ground that foregrounds the draughtsman's careful observation

Procession to the Torinomachi festival in the rice fields of Asakusa by Hiroshige Landscape capturing the quality of lightProcession to the Torinomachi Festival in the Rice Fields of Asakusa captures a moment of seasonal ritual in Edo period Japan a winding procession moving through flooded rice paddies under an autumn sky. Hiroshige structures the scene around the strong diagonal of the path, which guides the eye from the lower foreground through the line of figures to the distant shrine torii just visible against the pale horizon. The reflections in the water fields