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Yoshiwara

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woodblock print of a landscape with a mountain in the background, and people and a horse in the foreground. The mountain is centered in the background. It is snow-capped and conical in shape. A line of dark green trees spans the image behind the mountain. A field with short green and yellow vegetation, and a dirt road are in the foreground. On the road are people wearing conical straw hats and blue clothing. One person sits on top of a brown horse. They are on the right side of the image. There are two tall trees in the foreground on the right side of the road. There are Japanese characters on vertical red and black banners on the right and left side of the image, and a red diamond shape on the left side.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1840
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 386 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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