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Old View of the Boat-bridge at Sano in Kōzuke Province (Kōzuke Sano funabashi no kozu), 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. A curved boat-bridge extends from bottom-left to top-center over a body of water. A brown horse-drawn cart crosses the bridge with a person riding and a person walking alongside. A snow-covered building sits to the right of the bridge. A tree stands to the right of the building. In the background, a mountain with a reddish-brown slope and a snow-covered top. There are trees scattered throughout the background. A yellow vertical rectangle with Japanese characters appears in the top-right corner. A red seal with Japanese characters appears in the bottom-center. The sky above is gray and darkens towards the top. The scene includes a body of water, a bridge, a house, trees, a horse-drawn cart, mountains, and people.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1830
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 410 px
Museum record:
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