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Evening Cherry Blossoms at Gotenyama

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A colored woodblock print depicting a Japanese landscape with a body of water, a sky with blue, pink and white sections, and several pink blossom trees on a green hill. The hill has a person standing on it, wearing a brown jacket and blue pants; another person crouches on the right near a red-brown structure; and a third person wearing blue is on the left edge. There are white rectangular objects with rounded corners hanging from the right side. A small boat sits on the left. The image has a beige background with a red-lined border resembling brick.

Artwork Details

Date
1831
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 403 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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