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Piece

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tan-colored artwork with a thin brown border around the edges. The artwork contains six horizontal panels with black illustrations and black text written in a foreign language. The top panel depicts a waterfront cityscape with buildings and boats. The second panel shows detailed illustrations of buildings with tiled roofs and text above and below. The third panel depicts an elevated road with stairs leading up to it on either side, trees on the right side, and a body of water on the left. The fourth panel depicts a bridge over water with boats on either side, and a cityscape on the right side. The fifth panel depicts a mountainous landscape with trees. The bottom panel depicts a bridge with people on it and a cityscape behind it. The artwork appears to be on aged paper. The artist and title of this piece are Hiroshige and "Piece".

Artwork details

Date:
19th century
Medium:
Silk / Compound weave
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 465 px
Museum record:
View original
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