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東海道五十三次 川崎

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woodblock print, colored, on paper. A river landscape with blue water. A white sailboat on the water, several smaller boats with people on board. The shore on the left with people, one man leading a horse with a red saddle blanket, other people walking. A fenced-in area, a building with a thatched roof on the left. Trees on the left and across the water on the right. Buildings with thatched roofs on the right. Yellow fields in the foreground on the bottom right. Japanese characters in black ink on a red gradient background at top, with a red banner on the right edge. Characters and a red seal on the left edge.

Artwork details

Date:
early 20th century
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 459 px
Museum record:
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