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Hiroshige Picture Album (Hiroshige gafu) 広重画譜

Utagawa Hiroshige II 二代目歌川広重

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows an open book with a colorful illustration on the right and left pages. The illustration depicts an elderly man with a long white beard, wearing a yellow robe over a blue garment and holding a pipe. The man is barefoot and crouching on the left side of the image, on a green and beige floor. The right side of the image features a tree with large white flowers and green leaves. The background of the illustration is beige at the top and fades to green at the bottom. There are Japanese characters in black ink on the upper left side of the illustration. The book pages have a beige border with a thin black line around the illustration. The book is open on a white surface.

Artwork Details

Date
1862 (Bunkyū 2)
Medium
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 400 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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