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Fuji-mi Saigyo

Isoda Koryūsai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The print depicts a man and a child outdoors. The man sits on a patterned cloth with his back to the viewer. He wears a dark and light robe. The child kneels to his left, holding a stick. The background shows a distant mountain. The mountain is triangular shaped with a flat top. Smoke billows from its peak. A pink streak extends horizontally behind the mountain. White clouds are behind and below the mountain. A body of water and more mountains are below the clouds. A fence borders a field in the foreground. The print has a brown background with a beige border. Japanese characters are on the bottom right.

Artwork Details

Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
439 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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Palette

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