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Goka no Shō, Higo Province, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A large, light blue-green mountain rises from the right, taking up most of the left side of the image. The sky above is a light orange-beige color, with some hills on the right side. In the foreground, there is a winding path with a person dressed in red walking on it, surrounded by trees. The trees have green leaves and red trunks and branches. Two red vertical cartouches are on the left and right sides, with a yellow vertical cartouche in the upper right corner, all containing black text. The overall color palette includes various shades of green, blue, beige, and red. The image is framed by a thin white border. "Goka no Shō, Higo Province, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces by Utagawa Hiroshige".

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1853
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
425 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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