A Beauty: Okita of Naniwa-ya, Eighteen Years Old Hiroshige Utagawa The color tones

The color tones

and manners did this role

Such as a daimyo’s procession that attempts to cross the river

cold colors of the painting

This work depicts the pier at Rokugogawa-River just before getting into the station

A Beauty: Okita of Naniwa-ya, Eighteen Years Old Hiroshige Utagawa The color tonesA strip paper in the picture interpreted: A man, dubbed Morning Glory, liked Okita and came for her; however, she ignored him. She put the love letter look like paper near her and seems to be losing her thoughts while fixing the fire in the pit with sticks. Her figure might shows her feeling wondering the relationship with Morning Glory. A red silk piece tied to the towel, green inner of the overgarment, and red of coal in the pit add effective accent