# American Woman Riding Side-Saddle on the Road at Honmoku, Motomura, Yokohama (America Yokohama Motomura Honmoku michi)

**Utagawa Hiroshige II** (Japanese, 1826–1869)  
2nd month, 1861  
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper  
Image: 14 3/4 x 10 in. (37.5 x 25.4 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007.49.145. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/73431).

## About this work

Utagawa Hiroshige II designed this in 2nd month, 1861, aged 35. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Colour woodblock print.** In Japan these were a team effort. The artist drew the design, a carver cut it into cherry-wood blocks, one block for each colour, and a printer brushed on the pigment and rubbed each sheet by hand. Full-colour prints of this kind were called nishiki-e, “brocade pictures”, from the 1760s on.

### [Utagawa Hiroshige II](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/utagawa-hiroshige-ii)

Japanese, 1826–1869

## Facts

- Type: Prints
- Culture: Japan
- The artist was 35
- Real size: about 15 × 10 in (38 × 25 cm). The 11 × 14 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Movement: [Ukiyo-e](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/ukiyo-e)
- Subjects: Women, Horses
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/976.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/976/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/american-woman-riding-side-saddle-on-the-road-at-honmoku-mot-met-73431).