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Twilight Moon at the Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku no yoizuki), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

Date:

c. 1831

Artist:

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重
Japanese, 1797-1858

About this artwork

The early impressions of this design, like the print seen here, were printed almost entirely in shades of blue, with a subtle gradation (bokashi) from blue to white in the water. Only the pink clouds prevent the impression on the left from being an “all blue” (aizuri-e) print. Later impressions use several other colors and now, the water is a solid blue.
The design was printed with a decorative border which was has been entirely trimmed in this print and partially trimmed in the other print.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Title

Twilight Moon at the Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku no yoizuki), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1826–1836

Medium

Color woodblock print; oban

Dimensions

21.2 × 34.5 cm (8 5/16 × 13 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1943.718

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