The Ukiyo-e that i chose is called Edo Meisho: Asakusa Kinryuzan. This print is by Utagawa Hiroshige, and it translates to "Famous places of Edo: Asakusa Kannon temple." Utagawa Hiroshige is regarded as one of the masters of Ukiyo-e, but never was financially stable. He was always underpaid for his series, and did not demand a fair salary. Most of his prints feature landscapes and flora/fauna, but he was regularly commissioned to make prints of cityscapes, like this one. This genre of print contains people doing what they do every say, and shows the natural beauty of the location. This particular painting shows people scattering around in the market due to the rain shower. Most of the people are facing to the right or the left, so they might be all running for warmer, dryer areas. There are chickens around the marketplace, something typical of old style markets, but these are non-cooped chickens, and might have gotten loose. Another interesting piece is that all the shopkeepers look identical, possibly because Hiroshige wanted them to not stand out, because they aren't the topic of the painting. Their robes are the same color as the steps to the temples, this might have been to save colors, or for the above reason, to not stand out. The blue of the steps is a very interesting choice because the rest of the colors are beige or greyscale. This color choice makes the Temple entrances pop, and forces the viewer to look down at them, instead of at the very empty expanse of the sky, which takes up half the painting. This print is very artistically interesting, and Hiroshige is clearly a master at his work.