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Hodogaya

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a Japanese landscape with a bridge over a river. A red bridge with railings spans across the water, supported by wooden pillars. The river is blue and has a small red boat on it. There are trees with pink blossoms on the left side of the image and a building behind them. In the background, there are mountains and a gray sky. There are several Japanese characters written in black ink on the top right and left side of the image. The image is framed by a beige border.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1840
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 384 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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