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Maples at Mama, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful woodblock print depicting a landscape. A tree branch with reddish-brown leaves frames the top and one side. The branch has a few leaves on it. A red rectangle with black Japanese characters is on the left side. Another rectangle with more Japanese characters in black and red is on the top right. The background shows a blue and pink sky. Mountains are in the distance. A body of water is in the middle with several small buildings on the shore. The water reflects blue and pink colors from the sky. A mountain range is in the background. The print has a beige border around it.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1857
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
410 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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