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Ushibori in Hitachi Province (Jōshū Ushibori), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A long, thin boat with wooden frame and green bottom panels sits on a grassy field. The boat's interior and exterior are visible; interior contains rows of flat surfaces covered in green material. A slanted wooden roof covers the boat's center. A person dressed in a wide-brimmed hat and robe stands on boat's right side. A green hill with a few trees borders the boat on its right. A body of water stretches to the horizon behind the boat. A snow-capped mountain rises on the right horizon. The image background is beige with darker splotches. Vertical Japanese characters are on the left edge.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1830–32
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 428 px
Museum record:
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