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Gathering Shells at Low Tide at Susaki; from the series 100 Views of Famous Places in Edo, Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858), Public domain

Gathering Shells at Low Tide at Susaki; from the series 100 Views of Famous Places in Edo

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858) · 1837–38 · color woodblock print

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CC0 1.0 public-domain dedication by the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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About this picture

Gathering Shells at Low Tide at Susaki; from the series 100 Views of Famous Places in Edo is a CC0 illustration by Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858), dated 1837–38. Color woodblock print. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.

“Gathering Shells at Low Tide at Susaki; from the series 100 Views of Famous Places in Edo” (1837–38) is one of Hiroshige’s travel or weather prints. Rain, snow, and dusk are usually the subject, as much as the place.

About the artist

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) was a Japanese printmaker of travel and weather. The stations of the Tōkaidō and his views of Edo show rain, snow, and dusk in flat, clear color.

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