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Kanaya

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woodblock print, a Japanese-style landscape scene. A riverbank with blue water in the foreground. Sandy beach area with people and donkeys. Some people walking on the sand, some sitting. A donkey standing still with a yellow and green object on its back. Several wooden structures and crates on the beach. A line of trees in the background. A green hill with a few trees on it. A blue-green body of water behind the hill. A red vertical banner on the right side. Black Japanese characters in the top left and right corners, and along the right edge.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1838
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 450 px
Museum record:
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