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The Autumn Moon on Ishiyama

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a Japanese landscape with a full moon rising over a body of water. The scene features a rocky cliffside with trees and a red building in the foreground. A bridge spans the water in the background. The sky is light greenish-yellow with yellow clouds. The full moon is visible through a dark blue cloud shape. There are several red rectangles with Japanese writing on them. The image has a beige border around it.

Artwork Details

Date
1857
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
428 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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