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View of Mt. Asama from the Usui Pass

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a landscape scene. A mountain range with brown peaks and blue shadows is in the background. The sky above the mountains is beige with blue clouds. There are blue-green trees in the foreground, some on the right side and some in the lower center. A figure in a white hat and brown clothing stands on a gray rock on the right side, holding a walking stick. A small building with a red and white striped roof is on the lower right, behind the trees. There is a red rectangle with Japanese writing in the top-left corner and a small gray rectangle below it. The image is framed by a white border.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1850
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 415 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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