Evening View of the Eight Famous Places near Kanazawa Under Full Moon in Musashi Province

Description

Late in his career, Hiroshige explored the poetic theme of setsugekka, “snow, moon, and flowers,” in a set of three triptychs. This panoramic scene shows the autumn moon over Kanazawa, near Tokyo. Hiroshige’s contemporaries would have recognized the coastline dotted with villages, fishing boats, and the distinctive double-arched bridge at the bottom right.

Provenance

unknown Paris collection (sale: Walpole Galleries, New York, January 21, 1921, lot 490); (Yamanaka & Co.)

Evening View of the Eight Famous Places near Kanazawa Under Full Moon in Musashi Province

Utagawa Hiroshige

1857

Accession Number

1921.410.a

Medium

One of a triptych of color woodblock prints

Dimensions

Sheet: 35.6 x 24.8 cm (14 x 9 3/4 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift from J. H. Wade