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Shimada; Oigawa Shun-Gan, Banks of the Oi River

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful Japanese woodblock print depicting a river scene. The scene shows a large body of water with two boats in the foreground. The boats have green bodies with yellow windows and red bottoms. People are standing on and around the boats. Many people are in the water, some wading and some swimming. The water is blue. In the background, people are on the riverbank and on a beach area. A mountain range is in the distance, with one snow-capped mountain on the left. The sky transitions from pink at the horizon to beige at the top. There is Japanese writing in the top and right margins. The image has a beige border with a black outline.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1838
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 442 px
Museum record:
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