The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of August 12, 2026

A horizontally oriented color woodblock print depicts a landscape framed by winding, thick-trunked trees with dark green leaves on the left. In the middle ground, rows of gray rooftops stretch toward a distant river, punctuated by a tiered tower and colorful banners. In the background, a white-capped conical mountain sits on the horizon beneath a pale, muted sky. Red cartouches are positioned in the upper right corner.

Picture of Matsuchiyama, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital

late 1830s or early 1840s

Utagawa Hiroshige

(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
color woodblock print
Sheet: 34.4 x 22 cm (13 9/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Gift from J. H. Wade 1921.1275
Location: Not on view
  • Hayashi Tadamasa
    William S. and John T. Spaulding (sale: American Art Association, November 16, 1921, lot 141)
    (Yamanaka & Co.)
  • Transformations in Japanese Printmaking. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 30, 1984).
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