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Viewing the Cherry Blossoms
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Viewing the Cherry Blossoms

Katsushika Hokusai · 1810 - 1820 · color woodcut; blind-stamped; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Group of courtesans, attendants, and porters looking for a picnic place under the blooming cherry trees; from the hills, a view of people on the beach; in the background, Mount Fuji. Upside down under the entire scene, a poem; the surimono is folded horizontally in the middle, so that the poem forms the back of the scene.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineHet bekijken van de kersenbloesem. 1810 - 1820. Katsushika Hokusai. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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