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Full Moon over Takanawa, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital

c. 1831

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重

(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
color woodblock print
Measurements
Sheet: 23.6 x 36.9 cm (9 5/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore 1930.187
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
A color woodblock print in saturated blue and green tones depicts eight large geese flying diagonally against a dark sky and pale moon. Below, thin pink clouds float over a calm blue bay. A curved shoreline lined with small buildings snakes along the right. To the left, masted ships anchor on the water. Japanese calligraphy marks the upper right, and a geometric patterned border frames the panoramic night landscape.

Full Moon over Takanawa, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital

c. 1831

Utagawa Hiroshige

(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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