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Ishiyakushi, Ishiyakushi Ji

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woodblock print, colored, depicting rural landscape. Mountain range in background with blue and green gradient. Mountain peaks rounded. Sky above mountain light yellow with darker purple at top. Trees scattered throughout. Road in foreground, gray, with low stone wall on right side. People in traditional clothing walking along road and in field. Field on right side, gray, with several people working. Buildings on left side, behind trees, with brown and yellow roofs. Two red seals with black writing in top corners. Black writing in top left corner. Decorative border around image, light brown.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1834
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 408 px
Public Domain
Yes
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