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No. 4, Kanagawa: View over the Sea from the Teahouses on the Embankment (Kanagawa, dai no chaya kaijō miharashi), from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue), also known as the Vertical Tōkaidō

1855, 7th month

Artists

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重Artist

Tsutaya Kichizô 蔦屋吉蔵Publisher

Classification

Prints

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

Vertical ōban

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