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絵本江戸土産|Picture Book of the Souvenirs of Edo (Ehon Edo miyage 絵本江戸土産)
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絵本江戸土産|Picture Book of the Souvenirs of Edo (Ehon Edo miyage 絵本江戸土産)

Preface: 1850, early Autumn (Kaei 3)

Medium

Set of ten woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

each: 7 1/16 × 4 13/16 in. (18 × 12.2 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013

Classification

Illustrated Books

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

About Utagawa Hiroshige

1650–1750Japan

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist widely regarded as the last great master of the woodblock print tradition.