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Shin Yoshiwara

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woodblock print of a cityscape. The city has long, low buildings, most with gray roofs. The buildings are painted white, red, and green. There are pink, white, and green trees at the bottom left. The buildings are beside a body of pink water. The water meets a green field with trees and people. The field meets a blue body of water with a distant shoreline. The blue water meets a dark blue sky with white and gray clouds. There are Japanese characters floating in the sky. There is a tall pole with a red lantern on the right side. The entire image is set in a beige frame.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1840
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 416 px
Museum record:
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