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Kannondo, Abuto, Bingo Province, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A rocky outcrop in the sea with a temple on top. The temple has a brown roof and white and red walls with a fence and is surrounded by trees. The outcrop is dark gray with white streaks. A small cave is visible on the front of the outcrop. Several smaller rocks protrude from the water in front. A small boat with two people is on the left in the background. The water is blue. Mountains are in the far background. Three vertical rectangles with Japanese text are on the image. The border around the image is beige.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1853
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
432 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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