Akasaka by Utagawa Hiroshige (ca. 1840)

Woodblock print of travelers and townspeople outside a two-story wooden inn with shoji screens, by Hiroshige.

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Akasaka, Utagawa Hiroshige (ca. 1840), The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Via artnap.com

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This woodblock print shows a busy street scene at a wooden inn or teahouse along the Tōkaidō road, with travelers in straw hats, merchants, and figures seated on benches. Upper-floor rooms with shoji screens are visible, and the dark tiled roof frames the composition. The print is by Utagawa Hiroshige, dated ca. 1840, and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Museum record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date

ca. 1840

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

22.2 × 34.9 cm

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

License

CC0

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