Mountain and River on the Kiso Road
- Medium
- One of a triptych of color woodblock prints
- Dimensions
- Overall: 36 x 25.2 cm (14 3/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
- Genre
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
About
Late in his career, Hiroshige explored the poetic theme of setsugekka, “snow, moon, and flowers,” in a set of three triptychs. This panoramic scene features a river passing snow-covered mountains along the Kiso Road.
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