Autumn Moon on the Tama River

A large pale moon rises over a river at dusk, framed by a drooping willow whose slender branches sweep across the scene. Two figures ride a small boat on the blue water while others stand on the sandbank at left, beneath a line of distant hills and a column of printed verse.

Look closer: A red seal stamp sits near the lower right edge of the sheet.

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Date

ca. 1838

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3858 × 2525 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Henry L. Phillips Collection, Bequest of Henry L. Phillips, 1939