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Sumida River in the Snow, from the series "Famous Places in Edo in the Four Seasons"

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vertical rectangular image with a blue lower half and beige upper half. Snow falls across the entire image. A diagonal wooden bridge spans from the lower left corner to the bottom center. A man with a straw hat and a long haori walks on the bridge, looking down. The man is positioned on the left third of the bridge. The bridge has a fence on the right side. A large tree branch with bare leaves extends from the right side towards the upper left. Japanese text is written vertically along the left edge.

Artwork Details

Date
1834
Medium
Woodblock print (tanzaku size); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
220 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
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