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Kiyomizu Temple (Kiyomizu), from the series Famous Views of Kyoto (Kyōto meisho no uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woodblock print, rectangular, with a beige background. A Japanese temple on stilts overlooking a body of water on right side, with bare trees and shrubs on the hillside. Two people standing on a raised platform on the left side, with a dark roof overhead and four round lanterns hanging from it. A larger building with a dark roof on the left side. The background is a blue to yellow gradient sky above a body of water. There are Japanese characters written vertically and a red seal with characters on left side.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1834
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 391 px
Public Domain
Yes
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