Ishiyakushi by Utagawa Hiroshige (ca. 1838)

Woodblock print of porters and pack horses at a roadside station, with clerks writing at a counter under a tree.

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Ishiyakushi, Utagawa Hiroshige (ca. 1838), The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Via artnap.com

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A Japanese woodblock print shows a roadside station where porters unload and load boxes from pack horses beneath a large tree. Officials or clerks sit at a wooden counter in a thatched building, writing and sorting papers.

Museum record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date

ca. 1838

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

21.6 × 16.5 cm

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

License

CC0

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