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Woman on a Bridge Looking at the Moon
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Woman on a Bridge Looking at the Moon

Katsushika Taito II · 1831 · color woodcut; blind-stamped; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

A woman stands on a bridge and lifts her headscarf to look at the moon, seeing it as a hare sailing in a boat; a reference to the belief that a hare lived in the moon who there made the elixir of life with a pestle. In her hand she holds a basket containing tofu. The bridge can be recognized as the Nihonbashi bridge in Tokyo by its iron knobs. With two poems.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineVrouw op een brug kijkend naar de maan. 1831. Katsushika Taito II. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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