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Daisenji Mae (Tagawaya)

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful Japanese woodblock print. Blue daytime sky. Tree with thin brown trunk at right. Two buildings with yellow roofs. The right building longer and lower than the left. Path of flat stones on ground. Six people wearing traditional Japanese clothing. Man on right wearing blue clothing sitting on green platform. Woman with red headscarf and orange clothing. Woman in green clothing and white headscarf. Man on left wearing blue headscarf, green clothing, and carrying green box. Man in background on left by building wearing black clothing and carrying lantern. Woman on right sitting by building in black clothing. Red vertical banner on building at right. Red and white lantern hanging between buildings. Trees in background.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1835–42
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 409 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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