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Shinagawa; Shoko Detachi

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a colorful Japanese woodblock print. The scene shows a waterfront village with buildings on the right side and a body of water on the left. The buildings have tiled roofs and are one to two stories high. People in traditional Japanese clothing walk along a path next to the buildings, some carrying baskets or umbrellas. A large boat with white sails is in the water on the left. Several smaller boats are docked near the shore. The background features a blue sky with pink and white clouds near the horizon and hills in the distance. There are trees on a hill on the right side of the image. Japanese characters are written in black ink in the top center and left side of the image. The color palette includes shades of blue, pink, yellow, and brown. The image has a beige border around it.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1834
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 398 px
Museum record:
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