Full Moon Over Canal, with Bridge and Huge Stacks of Bamboo along the

A full moon rises above a wooden arched bridge crossing a teal canal, where people walk along the railing. In the foreground a boatman poles a low, laden boat past tall pillars, while towering bamboo stacks line the bank beneath dark, hazy hills.

Look closer: Small figure with a lantern or stick on the far bridge end, and a tiny boat in the distance under the bridge.

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Date

ca. 1857

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2584 × 3852 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1929