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Pictures of Famous Places along the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō meisho zue) 東海道名所図絵

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Open book with two pages showing landscape illustrations. The left page depicts a bridge over water with trees and a mountain range in the background. The right page shows a mountain range above a body of water with trees and a building on the shore. Both pages have Japanese writing in black ink. The pages have a beige color with a darker border around the edges. The book is open on a white surface.

Artwork Details

Date
1849, fifth month (Kaei 2)
Medium
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 400 px
Public Domain
Yes
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