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Bamboo Hedge at Kumemura (Kumemura chikuri), from the series Eight Views of the Ryūkyū Islands (Ryūkyū hakkei)

Katsushika Hokusai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woodblock print, color on paper. A landscape scene with a body of water. In the foreground, a small wooden boat with one person sitting and one standing at the end. A short stone wall along the water's edge with a curved path leading to buildings. The buildings have dark roofs and are surrounded by trees. A hill with green vegetation and a few trees in the background. A larger body of water with a distant hill. A beige-colored section of sky with light blue at the top. Red Japanese characters in a white rounded-corner rectangle in the top left corner.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1832
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 410 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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