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Descending a Shrine
Ando Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)
1797-1858
- Medium
- Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
- Classification
- Prints
- Culture
- Japan
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Credit line
- Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Robert H. Patterson
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), 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
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
A shrine on top of a hill is decorated with lanterns. A family is heading down the stairs. One woman looks back at the little child. A mother elegantly balances a parasol in one hand as she guides her child down the steep steps. This brilliant scene overlooks the rooftops and ocean.
