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Asukayama Hanami

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful woodblock print depicting a landscape with a hill, trees and people. The hill has green grass and many trees with white blossoms. There are several taller trees with green leaves on the hill. The sky above has a blue band at the top that fades to beige. In the foreground, there are two people riding horses to the right. The person on the left rides a brown horse and wears a blue jacket and a yellow hat. The person on the right rides a gray horse and wears a blue outfit and a straw hat. There are many people on foot gathered below the hill, some holding red umbrellas. The image has a beige border with a thin black line around the edge. There is a vertical red banner on the right side with Japanese writing. There is also Japanese writing on the top right side. The overall scene depicts a celebration or festival, specifically a "hanami," which is a traditional Japanese custom of enjoying the beauty of flowers, particularly cherry blossoms.

Artwork details

Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 403 px
Museum record:
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