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Ukiyo-e woodblock print of travelers on a steep pine-lined mountain path, with a distant peak at left and a descending figure at upper right.

Nissaka, The Murder-Stone, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Woodblock print showing travelers climbing a steep, pine-lined road on a hillside, with a figure descending at upper right and a mountain peak rising in the distance at left. Muted blues, greys and pale ochres in ink and colour on paper give the scene a quiet, misty atmosphere.

Artist
Ando Hiroshige
Date
ca. 1834
Medium
Woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi), ink with color
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
3000 × 1936 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1839).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Español: Nissaka, estación del camino Tokaido, de Ando Hiroshige

Grabado en madera que muestra viajeros subiendo por un empinado camino de montaña bordeado de pinos, con una figura que desciende en la parte superior derecha y un pico lejano a la izquierda. Azules apagados, grises y ocres pálidos, en tinta y color sobre papel, dan a la escena una atmósfera tranquila y brumosa.

Português: Nissaka, estação da Estrada Tokaido, de Ando Hiroshige

Xilogravura que mostra viajantes subindo uma íngreme estrada de montanha ladeada por pinheiros, com uma figura descendo no canto superior direito e um pico distante à esquerda. Azuis esmaecidos, cinzas e ocres pálidos, em tinta e cor sobre papel, dão à cena uma atmosfera silenciosa e enevoada.

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