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Asukayama Hanami

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woodblock print, rectangular with rounded corners; landscape orientation. Beige background with darker beige border; thin black line along inside edge. Scene of a hill with green grass, many pink cherry blossom trees scattered. Two horsemen on right; one wearing conical straw hat; both on brown horses with saddles, facing left. Group of people in dark blue clothing on lower left. Vertical column of Asian text on right side within red design; red seal on top. Horizontal Asian text on right side. Blue and beige gradient at top, representing sky.

Artwork Details

Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 456 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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