Moon-Viewing Point
1857 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · The Cleveland Museum of Art
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About this work
- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
- Year
- 1857
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Original size
- 33.9 × 22.8 cm
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art (impression 1985.320; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
We look from inside an upper room of a teahouse across green tatami mats and a wooden balcony to the bay, where boats lie under a full moon and a line of geese. Plates, cups and a fan left from a meal lie on the floor, a lantern stands near the rail, and the shadow of a figure falls on the paper screen at the left. The print is number eighty-two in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, published by Uoya Eikichi, with a censor's seal of the eighth month of 1857. Tsuki no Misaki, the moon-viewing point, was a hill above Shinagawa on the bay, famous for its views of the autumn moon. Hiroshige tells the story of an evening through what is left behind rather than through the people; impressions vary in colour and condition.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Soft tatami green and night blue with a pale full moon, for a dining room, study or reading corner at 24×36 in natural wood. It pairs with Fireworks by Ryōgoku Bridge for two evening entertainments.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1857)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cornflower blue
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- dining room, study or library, living room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, travelers, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or natural wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
