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The Manpachi at Evening in Yanagibashi

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a Japanese woodblock print. Two women wearing kimonos are on a wooden walkway. The woman on the left wears a dark kimono with white designs and holds a lantern. The woman on the right wears a dark blue kimono with white and red flower designs and holds a fan. A large building with a tiled roof and a balcony is behind them. The building overlooks a body of water with several boats. Two wooden docks are in the water. The background features a gray sky and a distant shoreline. Japanese text appears in several places on the image. The image has a beige border around it.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1835–42
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 410 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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