Bow Moon

A narrow gorge drops steeply on the right, where a white cascade tumbles past dark rock and pine trees. A thin crescent moon hangs in the pale sky above, and a wooden bridge spans the top of the chasm.

Look closer: A wooden bridge spans the gorge high above the waterfall.

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Date

1832

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

1817 × 3868 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936