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Mount Yuga in Bizen Province (Bizen Yugasan), from the series Wrestling Matches between Mountains and Seas (Sankai mitate zumō)

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Snow-covered mountain with trees and buildings at its base. Mountain occupies right half of image, with steep face on right and gentler slope on left. Trees along slope and at base. Small buildings on lower right. Water and distant mountains on left. Blue-gray sky with falling snow. Red vertical rectangle on left edge with Japanese characters. Similar red shape on upper right. Two circular symbols on bottom right. Border around image.

Artwork Details

Date
8th month, 1858
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 410 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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