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Utagawa Yoshiiku

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a man on horseback and another man standing next to the horse. The man on horseback wears a brown hat, a black jacket with gold buttons and a yellow collar, and rides a brown horse with a red and blue saddle blanket. The horse has a brown bridle and reins. The man standing next to the horse wears a blue jacket and black pants. He has a long, dark braid. The background shows a blue sky, a beige building with a tiled roof and windows on the right, and three red banners with Japanese characters. A white rectangle at the top contains Japanese text. The image has a beige border.

Artwork Details

Date
1860
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
420 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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