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Spread Three from Verses for Winter and Spring

冬春之句書

1850

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重

(Japanese, 1797–1858)
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Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Measurements
Book: 23.8 x 15.9 cm (9 3/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Kelvin Smith 1976.149.c
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
A horizontally oriented woodblock print on cream paper features two pages of dense, vertical black calligraphy. A broad light-blue band spans the bottom third of the spread, containing small black and white characters. Visible binding threads join the pages at the right edge. The composition balances rhythmic vertical columns of script above with a solid horizontal block of color below.

Spread Three from Verses for Winter and Spring

1850

Utagawa Hiroshige

(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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