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Mitsui Shop at Surugachō in Edo (Edo Surugachō Mitsui mise ryaku zu), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woodblock print, color on paper. Roofs of buildings fill most of the lower half of the image. The roofs are tiled and brown. The building on the right has a triangular gable and a person sitting on the roof. Two people on the roof hold a string attached to a kite flying in the air. Another kite flies nearby. The buildings have yellow walls with vertical lines. There is a body of water in the background with green trees on the shore. A large snow-capped mountain is behind the water. The sky fades from dark blue at the top to light yellow at the horizon. There are vertical Japanese characters in a white rectangle on the top left and on both vertical yellow pillars on the bottom.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1830–32
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 411 px
Museum record:
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