Poem by Sanjō-in, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the N

Courtiers in layered robes gather on a moonlit veranda beside a sliding-screen room, one figure kneeling within and others seated at the rail. A full moon hangs over the sea beneath a red-and-gold roof, rendered in bold color and fine printed lines.

Look closer: A kneeling figure is partly hidden inside the room behind the sliding screen, easy to overlook beside the bright robes.

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai

Date

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3867 × 2698 px

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