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Fujikawa, a Village in the Mountains Formerly Called Miyajiyama

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Snow falling on a village in a mountainous area. A large tree with a thick trunk and rounded top on the left side, on hillside. Several houses with conical roofs on right side. Two red and one yellow rectangular boxes with Japanese characters on top right and one red on bottom left. A body of water on left edge. A road with several pedestrians and some carrying umbrellas on right side. Grey sky with white dots indicating snowfall.

Artwork Details

Date
1855
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
423 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
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