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Landscape

Katsushika Hokusai

Artwork Details

Landscape
1st half of the 19th century
Katsushika Hokusai
color woodblock print on paper
2 5/16 in. x 5 3/16 in. ( 5.9 cm x 13.2 cm )
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.469

Description

Subject Matter:

Mountain landscape.

Physical Description:

The print features a mountain, the edge of which creates a diagonal. A few plants are shown at the base of the mountain, and behind the mountain the sky is depicted with the colors of blue and white. The artist inscribed several calligraphic characters on the upper right-hand corner, which says "a scenery of the mountain and the water in the evening. (?)"

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