Landscape with the Moon

A vertical hanging scroll shows a pale moon hovering in a hazy sky above soft grey mountains. In the lower left, a cluster of pine trees stands at the water's edge, with reeds and a red seal near the bottom. Washes of ink create atmospheric depth across the silk.

Look closer: A small red artist's seal sits near the bottom left, beside the pine grove.

Artist

Shiokawa Bunrin

Date

19th century

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

1959 × 3008 px

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