This print shows a river scene with a green hill on the left. Trees with pink blossoms, light blue banners, and crowds of indistinct people dressed in white, pink, and blue are visible on top of the hill in the distance. Closer to us, different types of boats drift along the blue river with people sitting or standing on them. The people wear robes or tunics in shades of gray, green, red, or blue, and they appear to have skin in shades of white and peach. On the right, more vessels with white sails are seen in the distance as the river extends into the horizon. The sky is mostly white,…
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Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom Along the Sumida River [Sumida-gawa hana-zakari]

Andō Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797 - 1858)

1839-1842

Medium
color woodcut on Japanese paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
sheet: 25.4 × 37.47 cm (10 × 14 3/4 in.)
Culture
Japanese
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow, 1968)
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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