Description
Hiroshige, who frequently designed prints with unusual or humorous viewpoints, has placed the viewer by pine trees, peering through a doorway at the end of a moon-viewing party. The silhouette of an elaborately coiffed woman is visible through a translucent paper door; only her hem trails into the room. Another person remains seated on the floor in the upper right, near a musical instrument and a tray with blue-and-white ceramics. This figure may still be admiring the autumn moon over ships in Tokyo Bay.
Provenance
Henri Vever [1854–1942], France (?–1942); (Sotheby & Co., London, UK, March 24, 1977, lot 372) (March 24, 1977); (R. E. Lewis, Inc., California, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith) (1977-?); The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899–1998] given to the Cleveland Museum of Art (?–1985); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1985–)
The Moon-Viewing Promontory, from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo
1857
Accession Number
1985.320
Medium
color woodblock print
Dimensions
33.9 x 22.8 cm (13 3/8 x 9 in.)
Classification
Credit Line
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
