The Tenmangu Festival at Osaka

A night festival scene on a long arched wooden bridge strung with rows of pink paper lanterns, its tall piers rising from a river. Boats, red banners, and small crowds fill the water and shore below, under a dark sky scattered with stars.

Look closer: Strings of lanterns continue along the far end of the bridge in the upper right.

Artist

Yashima Gakutei

Date

1834

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3894 × 2623 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1922