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Station Twenty-six: Nissaka, Sayo no Nakayama, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woodblock print depicts a mountain road with trees on the right side and a mountain range on the left. The road runs from the bottom center to the top right. A group of people walk on the road, some carrying items on their heads or in baskets. One person wears a blue outfit and a hat. There are several trees with thin trunks and sparse foliage on the right side of the road. In the background, there are mountains and a blue sky with a gradient of yellow at the horizon. Two red seals and some Japanese text are in the top left corner. The print has a beige border with rounded corners.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1833–34
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 391 px
Museum record:
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