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“America”: A Native American Woman on Horseback in the Snow

Utagawa Hiroshige II

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Native American woman wearing a long black coat with a light blue scarf rides a rearing brown horse through snow. The woman's face is fair skinned and she wears a red band across her forehead. Her long dark hair is tied back with a feather on top. The dark brown horse has a yellow bridle and a red saddle blanket with yellow trim. Snow falls from the top right corner; snow covers the bottom and the woman and horse are kicking up snow. The background sky on the top left is dark blue. There is text on the right and bottom left.

Artwork details

Date:
1860
Medium:
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
448 × 625 px
Museum record:
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