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東海道五十三次 鞠子

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a colorful Japanese woodblock print. The scene shows people outside a building with a yellow roof. The building has a red and gray base. There are tables outside the building where people sit. Other people walk around with parasols. A horse with a yellow and red saddle is led by a person. The background includes a tree and a stone wall. Japanese characters appear on a sign in the tree and on the building. The image has a beige border and a white background. The scene takes place on a green lawn. The characters' clothing is colorful, including blue, red, and yellow. The parasols are yellow. The horse is brown. The tree has yellow leaves on its branches. The stone wall is on a grassy hill. There are Japanese characters written vertically on the right side of the building. There are Japanese characters written on the left side of the image.

Artwork Details

Date
early 20th century
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 458 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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