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Takanawa no Yukei

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woodblock print, color on paper. A harbor scene with blue water. A boat with white sails. Several masts of other boats on left side. Shore has green land with trees. Several people standing around, some wearing conical straw hats. Some people wearing traditional Japanese clothing. A horse-drawn cart on shore. A few birds flying in the sky. The sky is orange at the horizon and fades to blue at the top with several clouds. There is Japanese text on the right side.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1833
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 395 px
Public Domain
Yes
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