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Two Horses Beneath the Moon

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A vertical Japanese woodblock print. A light-brown horse and a dark-brown horse are side by side, turned away from the viewer, with their heads turned back. Long thin branches hang from the top-right corner. A vertical column of Japanese text is on the left. A full moon is on the top-right. The background is blue transitioning to darker blue at the top and bottom. A red seal is on the bottom-right corner. The image is "Two Horses Beneath the Moon by Utagawa Hiroshige".

Artwork details

Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
220 × 625 px
Museum record:
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