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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
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