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Narihira's Journey to the East, Kitagawa Utamaro

Narihira's Journey to the East

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese) (1753-1806)

Movement
Japanese woodblock print
Date
c. 1797
Medium
Colour woodcut on paper
Dimensions
38.4 × 76.2 cm
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0

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Mount FujiMountainProcessionProcessionJourneyWomanHatParasolHeaddressKimonoSuitHairdressingÉpingle à cheveuxGroupLiteratureNoblemanSignatureGreenPrintWoodcutUkiyo-eJapanOld JapanClothingText
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