The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith · The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Moon-Viewing Promontory, from One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo
- Date
- 1857
- Medium
- color woodblock print
- Dimensions
- 33.9 x 22.8 cm (13 3/8 x 9 in.)
- Country / context
- Japan
- Movement / tradition
- Japanese art and printmaking
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Pathway
- Japanese art and printmaking ↗
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.
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