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Sōshū, Enoshima Iwaya no Zu

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image illustrates a wave crashing on a rocky coastline with a yellow sky and mountains in the background. A sea with blue and yellow hues fills the mid and lower right of the image. Two white ships are in the center right. A large wave is visible in the bottom center, appearing white due to the foam created upon hitting the rocks on the bottom left. The left side is filled with dark brown and blue rocks, with a large blue archway in the center left. There are trees with green leaves on both the top and bottom right. Black characters and two red stamps are on the top right. The image has a beige border.

Artwork details

Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 385 px
Museum record:
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