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The Hanging-cloud Bridge at Mount Gyōdō near Ashikaga (Ashikaga Gyōdōzan kumo no kakehashi), from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyō kiran)

Katsushika Hokusai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woodblock print, color on paper. Mountainous landscape with steep cliffs covered in green foliage and trees, some with thin trunks. In the distance, a body of water meets the horizon. Bridge made of reddish-brown wood connects two cliff sides. Two buildings with reddish-brown walls and brown roofs are on the right. Smaller building with blue roof near bottom right. Tower-like building with brown roof on left side of bridge. Clouds and fog are white and light brown, obscuring lower parts of cliffs. Blue sky at top fades to white at horizon. Kanji characters in small rectangle in upper-left corner.

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Date:
1760–1849
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 398 px
Museum record:
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