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The Suijin Temple Grove, Uchikawa, and the Village of Sekiya

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a Japanese woodblock print featuring a large semicircular cutout. The semicircular cutout shows a body of water with a mountain range in the background and a pink and blue sky. The water has several boats on it. A cherry blossom branch extends from the bottom of the frame into the cutout. There are white blossoms on the branch. The water is blue and reflects the colors of the sky. The sky is pink at the horizon and blue above. The mountains in the background are dark green and brown. The foreground of the print outside the cutout is gray. There is a red and beige border on the right side of the print. There is a red rectangle with black Japanese characters on the left side of the print. There is a small square image in the top-right corner of the print.

Artwork Details

Date
8th month 1857
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
415 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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