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Utagawa Hiroshige
Nihon Embankment, Yoshiwara1857, 4th month

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print of a long bridge with market stalls crossing a wide river, figures walking below a diagonal line of birds and a crescent moon in a deep blue sky

Utagawa Hiroshige, Nihon Embankment, Yoshiwara, 1857, 4th month, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Joan Elizabeth Tanney Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige
Title
Nihon Embankment, Yoshiwara
Date Made
1857, 4th month
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 13 3/8 × 8 7/8 in. (33.97 × 22.54 cm) Sheet (Sheet): 13 3/4 × 8 15/16 in. (34.93 × 22.7 cm)
Credit Line
The Joan Elizabeth Tanney Bequest
Accession Number
M.2006.136.340
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art