Woman with a Child in the Garden Looking at the New Moon

A woman in a patterned kimono stands at the right, her head turned toward a child in red who looks up beside her. At left, a stone lantern sits among low shrubs under a thin crescent moon, with a plum branch in red blossom reaching across the top. Vertical lines of calligraphy fill the left margin, and a signature appears at lower right.

Look closer: A small signature seal in the lower right corner beside the figures.

Artist

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Date

19th century

Medium

Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3829 × 2852 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929