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Evening View of the Eight Famous Places near Kanazawa Under Full Moon in Musashi Province

Hiroshige1857

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

Late in his career, Hiroshige explored the poetic theme of <em>setsugekka</em>, “snow, moon, and flowers,” in a set of three triptychs. This panoramic scene shows the autumn moon over Kanazawa, near Tokyo. Hiroshige’s contemporaries would have recognized the coastline dotted with villages, fishing boats, and the distinctive double-arched bridge at the bottom right.

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  • Title: Evening View of the Eight Famous Places near Kanazawa Under Full Moon in Musashi Province
  • Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858)
  • Date Created: 1857
  • Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 35.6 x 24.8 cm (14 x 9 3/4 in.)
  • Provenance: unknown Paris collection (sale: Walpole Galleries, New York, January 21, 1921, lot 490), (Yamanaka & Co.)
  • Type: Print
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.410.a
  • Medium: One of a triptych of color woodblock prints
  • Inscriptions: Signature: Hiroshige hitsu Publisher: Okazawaya Taheiji (emblem) Censorship Seal: aratame
  • Department: Japanese Art
  • Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
  • Credit Line: Gift from J. H. Wade
  • Collection: Japanese Art
  • Accession Number: 1921.410.a
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