“Mount Utsu” (Utsu no yama), from The Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)

A framed artwork depicting a scene from a mountainous setting. The frame has a brown background with a green and brown patterned border at the top and bottom. A large beige matte surrounds the artwork. The artwork itself shows a woman in a blue kimono standing on a hillside, surrounded by green hills. Two men are on horseback. One horse is brown and the other is reddish-brown. The man on the brown horse wears white and red clothing. The man on the reddish-brown horse wears a red top. There are several lines of black Japanese characters to the right of the woman. The background of the artwork features brown, green, and blue hills.

Artwork Details

Date: ca. 1634
Medium: Poem card (shikishi) mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper
Culture: Japan
Dimensions: 468 × 624 px
Public Domain: Yes
Museum Record: View original

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