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Nissaka; Sayo no Naka Yama, pass in the Bayo Mountains

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A mountain pass with a road winding through it; the road has a wooden fence on one side. A person carries a red box on a pole on their back up a short staircase on the lower right. Three buildings with yellow roofs are on the right side of the road. A red banner hangs on the upper right corner. Japanese writing appears in several places. The background shows a hazy sky. Trees and greenery are on both sides of the road. A person leads a horse with a load on its back. Other people carry loads. A tree arcs over the road on the left. The image is in a landscape orientation with a beige border around it.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1838
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 445 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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