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View of Kajikoyama, Inaba Province, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a woodblock print with a tree in the foreground. The tree has a thick brown trunk and green leaves on top half and white blossoms on lower half. The tree is on a grassy hill. There is a body of water behind the tree, with several small islands and green hills in the background. The sky is blue at the top and fades to pink and white towards the horizon. There are several vertical banners with Japanese writing on them. The print has a beige border around the edge.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1853
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
427 × 624 px
Museum record:
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