
Utagawa Hiroshige
The Moon-Viewing Promontory, from One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo
1857
Here, Utagawa Hiroshige’s design places the viewer by pine trees, peering beyond a doorway at the end of a moon-viewing party. The silhouette of a figure with an elaborate hairstyle is visible through a translucent paper door; only the person’s hem trails into view. Another individual remains seated on the floor in the upper right, near a musical instrument and a tray with blue-and-white ceramics, possibly still admiring the autumn moon over ships in Edo (now Tokyo) Bay.
- Medium
- color woodblock print
- Spotted At
- Museum · Cleveland Museum of Art
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