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A group of light-skinned people accompanied by a horse and rider carry a palanquin, or box on two poles used to transport a person. A silhouetted backdrop of huts and trees in blac
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Japan / c. 1833/34

Mishima: Morning Mist (Mishima, asagiri), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsu

Mishima: Morning Mist (Mishima, asagiri), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsu

Look closely at Mishima: Morning Mist (Mishima, asagiri), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsu. A group of light-skinned people accompanied by a horse and rider carry a palanquin, or box on two poles used to transport a person.

WHY IT’S INTERESTING

What does this image choose to preserve? The Art Institute dates Mishima: Morning Mist (Mishima, asagiri), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsu to c. 1833/34.

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A CLOSER LOOK

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重 Japanese, 1797-1858 made this print. The museum dates it c. 1833/34.

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Art Institute of ChicagoMishima: Morning Mist (Mishima, asagiri), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsu

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