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Evening Glow, Tsushima Province , from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Japanese woodblock print, rectangular shape with a beige border; rainbow stretching across upper left, fading from pink to yellow to white; blue sky transitioning to light blue; distant dark blue mountains; blue water with many white sailboats; green and brown land mass in center; two red and one yellow rectangle with black Japanese characters; white background behind print.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1853
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
427 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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