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Autumn Moon at Ishiyama Temple (Ishiyama shûgetsu), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei no uchi)


「近江八景之内 石山秋月」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1834–35 (Tenpô 5–6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25.6 x 37.6 cm (10 1/16 x 14 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6805
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Forrer, Hiroshige (1997), #69; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 246, horizontal ôban #28.2
DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.17236 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.20504, 21.6805, 21.6806

Poem translated in Forrer, Hiroshige (1997).
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
InscriptionsPoem: Ishiyama ya/ nio no umi teru/ tsukikage wa/ Akashi mo Suma mo/ hoka naranu ka wa
石山や にほのうみてる 月かげは 明石もすまも 外ならぬかわ
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.