Shono by Utagawa Hiroshige (ca. 1840)

Japanese woodblock print of rice fields, bare trees, and figures tending a smoky fire beside a straw pile under a pale sky.

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

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A woodblock print from the Tokaido series by Utagawa Hiroshige, titled Shono, dated ca. 1840 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It shows flooded fields divided by pale paths, bare trees in the foreground, and figures tending a fire beside a straw bundle while a traveler in a conical hat walks past. Thatched roofs and a dark pine grove sit in the distance under a pale blue sky.

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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