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The Umegawa at Ryogoku Yanagibashi

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful woodblock print of a Japanese village scene. The scene depicts a group of people walking on a road. There are five people in the foreground: a woman on the left in a kimono with a white, red, and blue pattern; two men next to her wearing kimonos and sandals; and two people on the right, an adult wearing a green kimono and a child wearing a pink kimono, the child carried in the crook of the adult's arm. The background features buildings with dark roofs. A large tree grows from behind one of the buildings on the left. The sky transitions from dark blue at the top to yellow and white near the horizon. A large parasol floats above the scene. The image has a beige border around the edges. Japanese characters are written on the right side and on the left side of the image.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1835–42
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 406 px
Museum record:
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