Twilight Moon at Ryōgoku Bridge

A woodblock print seen from beneath a massive timber bridge, its tall posts braced by crossed diagonal beams that frame the view. Beyond, boats drift on blue water under a pale moon and streaks of pink cloud, with rooftops and trees along the far shore.

Look closer: A small boat with a figure poled along the lower right water, near the right post.

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Date

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3831 × 2554 px

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