Mishima: Morning Mist (Mishima, asagiri), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi)
1797 - 1858
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Japanese
A group of travellers, one in a kago and another on a pack-horse, are coming through the mist past the entrance to a temple-precinct at the right. Other figures, houses and trees are half lost in the morning mist.
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Edo period, 1615-1868