Axial Commons Image Treasury
Silver-gray woodblock print of tall grass with arching white plumes in front of a large pale moon over a misty field.

Moon over Musashino, from the series "Worlds of Things (Momoyogusa)"

A color woodblock print in soft grays and silver shows tall pampas grass with slender black stems and pale, arching plumes rising against a large pale disk, likely the moon, over a misty horizon. Flat, layered areas of color and sweeping lines create a quiet, minimal composition.

Artist
Kamisaka Sekka
Date
1909/10
Medium
Color woodblock print
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1115 px
Download full size
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1915).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Fischer Fund

Español: Luna sobre Musashino, de la serie Mundos de las cosas (Momoyogusa)

Una xilografía en color, en tonos suaves de gris y plata, muestra altas hierbas de pampa con tallos negros y delgados y plumas pálidas y arqueadas que se elevan frente a un gran disco claro, quizás la luna, sobre un horizonte brumoso. Las áreas planas de color y las líneas fluidas crean una composición serena y minimalista.

Português: Lua sobre Musashino, da série Mundos das Coisas (Momoyogusa)

Uma xilogravura colorida, em tons suaves de cinza e prata, mostra altas gramíneas de pampas com caules finos e negros e plumas pálidas e arqueadas erguendo-se diante de um grande disco claro, possivelmente a lua, sobre um horizonte enevoado. Áreas planas de cor e linhas fluidas criam uma composição serena e minimalista.

More from Japanese Prints

Color woodblock print of a red two-tiered temple gate with lanterns and crowds in kimono, a pagoda and pine trees at right.A Perspective View: The Two Deva Kings Gate of Kinryuzan Temple (Ukie: Kinryuzan niomon noHand-colored Japanese woodblock print of a room with robed figures in perspective, red and gold ceiling bands with calligraphy, and open screens.Original Perspective Picture of the Fashionable Seven Gods of Good Fortune (Furyu shichi fTwo ducks on a bank beside reeds, with a small bird perched on a bent reed and vertical Japanese text at left, in a woodblock print.Myriad Birds: A Kyoka Competition (Momo chidori kyoka awase)Woodblock print of a hazy mountain above pine trees and rooftops, with a calligraphic cartouche in the upper right corner.The Evening Bell at Miidera (Mii no banshō), from the series "Eight Views in Omi Province Snowy woodblock print of Sumida River with a torii gate, stone lanterns, snowy pines and a distant snow-capped mountain.Evening Snow at Mimeguri, Eight Views of the Sumida River (Sumidagawa hakkei, Mimeguri bosWoodblock print of armored retainers crossing a snowy arched bridge at night, with two men in straw hats working on a reed raft in the foreground.Act 11, Part 1: The Approach to the Night Attack (Juichidanme ichi, yochi oshiyose), from