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Ejiri, Number 19, from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi), also known as the Clerical Script Tōkaidō (Reisho Tōkaidō)

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woodblock print depicting a landscape. A large mountain with a pointed peak and snow at the top is centered in the background. The mountain is gray with black lines indicating crevices. The lower portion of the mountain is shaded brown. Behind the mountain is a line of brown hills. A body of water stretches across the lower half of the image, blue at the bottom and lighter blue at the top. A line of trees is drawn along the bottom. Several white boats with brown bottoms and two small dark objects are on the water. The sky above the mountain is orange, pink, and blue with clouds. Japanese writing is on the left and right sides, and a red vertical banner with Japanese writing is on the right side.

Artwork Details

Date
1847–52
Medium
Woodblock print
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 394 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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