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Fuji with Boat at Miho in Sunshu (Shizuoka)

Kobayashi Kiyochika

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Triptych print of a seascape divided into three equal panels. The left panel depicts a mountain with a rounded snow-capped peak on the left with a pink-tinged sky above. In the left foreground, a small white boat with one mast rides the waves. The middle panel shows a large ship with one smokestack and a pointed bow. The right panel depicts a ship with three masts and a red and white flag flying at the middle mast. The ship sails to the right; another ship with three sails is visible on the right edge. The wave-tossed sea dominates the bottom half of all three panels. The sky fades from pink on the left to blue on the right. The right panel's sky contains a full moon.

Artwork Details

Date
October 1878
Medium
Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 298 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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