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View of Iris Gardens at Horikiri

Utagawa Hiroshige II

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a serene Japanese landscape. A beige border surrounds the artwork, with curved corners. The scene shows a group of people walking on a path through a field with tall grasses and trees. The path curves to the left and has a wooden bridge over it. A person stands on the bridge. Several round lanterns hang above the bridge. A tree with sparse leaves stands on the left side of the path. In the background, there are more trees and a light-colored sky that darkens towards the top. A red square with Japanese characters is in the top-right corner. Japanese characters are also written vertically on the left side. The dominant colors are shades of blue, with accents of beige, orange, and black.

Artwork details

Date:
1861
Medium:
Woodblock print (aizuri-e)
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 457 px
Museum record:
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