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The First Race Course, Horse-Dealer's Street

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful Japanese woodblock print. The scene depicts a weeping willow tree with long drooping branches. The tree is on the left side. A dirt path runs along the bottom. A green fabric or sheet is draped in the air. Two posts hold up the fabric in the foreground. A wooden fence runs horizontally across the middle. A tower with a pagoda-style roof and lattice facade is visible behind the fence. The sky fades from blue at the top to orange near the horizon. Two vertical red banners with Japanese writing are on the right. A small beige rectangle with Japanese writing is on the top right. The border around the image is beige with some Japanese characters.

Artwork Details

Date
1857
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
411 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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