Moon in Musashi Province

A standing woman in a richly patterned kimono turns her head slightly downward, holding the sleeve and robe edge close to her body. Printed in ink and tan-e color on paper, the figure fills a tall sheet against a pale ground, with a vertical title cartouche at upper right.

Look closer: A red seal impression sits in the lower right corner beside the artist's signature block.

Artist

Okumura Masanobu

Date

ca. 1740

Medium

Center sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints; ink and applied color ("tan-e") on paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

1922 × 3860 px

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