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Banana Garden at Nakashima (Nakashima shōen), from the series Eight Views of the Ryūkyū Islands (Ryūkyū hakkei)

Katsushika Hokusai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful Japanese landscape painting. A body of water in the foreground. A small island in the right foreground. A boat with a single passenger on the water to the right. Buildings with dark roofs along the shores. A mountain range with green and pink slopes in the background. A blue and white gradient sky. A white rectangular shape with orange writing in the top left corner.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1832
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 415 px
Museum record:
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