Landscape in Moonlight, from the series Japanese and Chinese Poems for Recitation (Wakan rōeishū)

「和漢朗詠集」　月明山水

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Jōshūya Kinzō (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1842–43 (Tenpō 13–14)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 25.1 cm (14 11/16 x 9 7/8 in.)

Credit Line Harriet Otis Cruft Fund

Accession Number48.228

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #115; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #65.5

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：極

InscriptionsChinese poem by Liu Yuxi (772-842)

Provenance1947, sold by Parke-Bernet, Inc. to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 12, 1947)