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Pilgrims at the Fudo Shrine, Meguro

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woodblock print of a Japanese landscape. A small shrine or temple on stilts is in the foreground. The building has a tiled roof and a small porch. A group of people stand near it. A body of water surrounds the building and there are trees and a staircase leading up a hill in the background. The sky is orange and pink, suggesting sunset. A few characters are written vertically on the top left. The image has a rectangular shape with rounded corners.

Artwork details

Date:
1833–43
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 383 px
Museum record:
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