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Asakusa Kinryusan Toshi no Ichi

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Snow falling on a large building with a curved, white roof and brown walls. A pagoda with a white and brown exterior and a pointed roof is on the left. The building and pagoda are surrounded by trees with snow-covered branches. The sky above is gray and snowy. Japanese characters are written vertically on the right and top left. The image is a woodblock print.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1838
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 393 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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