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Moonrise Over the Nihon Embankment and the Yoshiwara

Kitagawa Utamaro

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Japanese woodblock print depicting a scene of a building with a tiled roof and open sliding doors, with several people inside and outside. The building has a tiled floor and a railing around the outside. A tree and small bushes are in the foreground. A body of water and a distant shoreline with buildings and trees are visible in the background. People are standing on a bridge over the water on the left. The people are wearing traditional Japanese clothing. The woman standing inside the building wears a black and white kimono. A man and woman sit on the floor inside. A woman stands at the open door wearing a red and white kimono. Two people stand outside the building to the right. A tree and a smaller building are on the left.

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900 × 593 px
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