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The Exile of Yukihira at Suma

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a traditional Japanese woodblock print. The scene shows three people on a beach. The person on the left is a man wearing a white robe and a black hat, seated on the ground. The two people on the right are a man and a woman, both wearing traditional Japanese clothing, with the man holding an umbrella above them. A tree is on the left side. There are clouds in the sky and a body of water with small islands in the background. The print has a beige background with a darker border around the edges.

Artwork details

Date:
1789
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 401 px
Museum record:
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