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Shōno, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woodblock print with beige background. A road runs from bottom right corner to centre left. Four shirtless men pull a blue and yellow cart along road. Two other people behind them on road. Green field to left and right of road. Large tree on right side of road. Smaller tree on left. Larger hill on left. Small mountains in background. Clouds in sky. Japanese writing in top left and right corners and vertically on left. Red rectangle on left with Japanese writing. Red square on right with Japanese writing.

Artwork details

Date:
early 20th century
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 455 px
Museum record:
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