The Eighth Month by Ishikawa Toyomasa. The image depicts a Japanese woodblock print with a beige background. The top left features a large white moon in a blue-grey sky with white clouds. The top right features a vertical white rectangle with Japanese characters. There are tall grasses on the left and right sides. Seven people wearing kimonos are on a green hill. Three women point upwards to the left; one woman wears a red kimono and two women wear dark kimonos. Four people crouch at the bottom; three on the left point upwards and one on the right looks to the right. The print features Japanese characters in the bottom-right corner. A grey color palette ruler is on the right side.
Artwork Details
- Date
- ca. 1767
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 544 × 625 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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