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Mitsuke

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Japanese woodblock print, rectangular, showing a landscape. The top section features a dark blue sky that fades into yellow. In the background, there are gray mountains with a line of dark green trees across the middle. In the midground, a large body of water with various shades of blue and small boats. The foreground shows a beach with patches of sand and trees on the right and left. People are walking on a path on the bottom left, with a few people on the beach and in boats. A yellow tent-like structure sits on the bottom right. Two vertical banners with Japanese writing are on the top right and bottom left. The artist is Utagawa Hiroshige, and the title is "Mitsuke".

Artwork details

Date:
1855
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
421 × 625 px
Museum record:
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