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The Full Moon at the Time of the Imo Harvest

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A black and white drawing on beige paper of a Japanese landscape. A woman stands on a barrel pouring a bucket of water into a river. A man and dog are walking past a house on the right. The woman wears a brown kimono. The man wears a green top with white pants. A mountain range stretches across the top left with a full moon shining. A tree stands to the right of the house. The image has a thin black border.

Artwork Details

Date
8th month, 1789
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 399 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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