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The Suspension Bridge on the Border of Hida and Etchū Provinces (Hietsu no sakai tsuribashi), from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyō kiran)

Katsushika Hokusai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A traditional Japanese woodblock print depicts a landscape with a suspension bridge. The bridge is in the center, made of wood with cables on the sides. Two people walk across it, both wearing blue clothing and carrying items on their backs. The bridge connects two mountainous areas. A large tree trunk is on the left. The background features a blue sky with white clouds and several birds flying. There are trees and a field below the bridge. A vertical rectangle of Japanese text is in the top-right corner, and a red seal is in the bottom-right corner.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1830
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 406 px
Museum record:
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