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Akasaka Kiri-Ratake Uchu Yu Kei

Utagawa Hiroshige II

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woodblock print with a green field and trees in the foreground under a hazy blue and gray sky. A group of people stand on a road in the bottom left corner. A low orange fence borders the field on the left. A small orange building with a black roof sits on the bottom right. A few people walk on a path leading to a tree line in the distance. Two red rectangles with black Japanese characters are on the top left and right. A vertical line of Japanese characters appears on the left edge and bottom left corner. A small circular symbol appears on the top edge.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1859
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
424 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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