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.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of Asia
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Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige
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Title
- Twilight Moon at the Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku no yoizuki), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
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Place
- Japan (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1826–1836
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Medium
- Color woodblock print; oban
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Dimensions
- 21.2 × 34.5 cm (8 5/16 × 13 9/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
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Reference Number
- 1943.718
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/47845/manifest.json