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Gyosho Tokaido: Ishikushi

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a serene winter scene. A brown horse with a blue head and leg coverings pulls a yellow sled with a load covered in snow. The horse faces right. A person wearing a straw hat walks on the left side, beside the horse; they hold a pole. The background features snow-covered mountains and trees, with snow falling from a dark gray sky. A large tree with white branches and some greenery stands on the left. A red vertical rectangle with black Japanese characters is on the top right. A vertical line of Japanese characters is on the left. The artwork has a beige border with a thin black line.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1842
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
598 × 390 px
Museum record:
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