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Mt. Fuji from the series Famous Mountains in Japan

Utagawa Yoshimori

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful Japanese woodblock print with two men, one kneeling and one standing. The standing man wears a black jacket with red lining and cuffs, brown pants, and a black headband. He looks upward with his right hand raised and left hand down. The kneeling man wears a yellow robe with red lining and holds a ladle toward the sky. In the background, a mountain with lines indicating snow is on the left, and blue water and sky are on the right with some clouds. There are trees on the bottom middle and right. Red and black Japanese text boxes are on the right and bottom left. A color gradient scale is on the right.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1865
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
482 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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