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Winter Landscape

Keisai Eisen

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A painting of a snowy landscape by Keisai Eisen titled "Winter Landscape". The painting depicts a body of water with a snowy shoreline. Several buildings are on the shoreline, some of which have docks extending into the water. A boat is in the water in the foreground. The buildings and trees on the shoreline are covered in snow. The sky is grayish green. The painting is in muted shades of blue and beige. The image is oriented with the longer side horizontal. Japanese characters are in the top-right corner.

Artwork details

Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 408 px
Museum record:
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