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Ri Haku from the series Mirrors of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyō)

Katsushika Hokusai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A tall, rectangular woodblock print with a white background. The scene depicts a large cliff with a tall, narrow waterfall cascading down. The cliff face is yellow with green shrubs and a tree with sparse green leaves and a reddish-brown trunk extending from the top. The waterfall is blue-white with some greenery on the left side. The sky transitioning from dark blue at the top to light gray and beige near the horizon. On the left side of the print, two men stand on a yellow hill. The man on the left wears a blue outfit and a conical hat. The man on the right wears an orange robe over a white and blue garment. The man on the right has white hair. A tree with reddish leaves is behind the men. There is a small orange rectangle with Japanese characters on the top right. The entire image has a beige border.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1832
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
287 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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