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Full Moon on Kanazawa, Musashi
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Late in his career, Hiroshige explored the poetic theme of setsugekka , “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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFull Moon on Kanazawa, Musashi, 1857. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). One of a triptych of color woodblock prints; overall: 35.9 x 25.4 cm (14 1/8 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss for the Dudley P. Allen Collection, 1924.967.c
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