Viewing Maple Trees
- Date:
- 1835
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
This color woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada (1830) shows a mountainous landscape with a winding path descending toward a blue inlet or bay, where a small boat floats near the shore. Trees with rust-orange autumn foliage cluster along the ridges and a stream in the foreground, contrasting with the deep green hillsides and pale blue-gray sky. Several travelers in robes and wide conical hats walk single-file along the path, one carrying a bundle over their shoulder, with a vertical title cartouche in the upper right corner.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Viewing Maple Trees was created by Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) in 1835.
Viewing Maple Trees depicts autumn foliage.