Moon Cape (Tsuki-no-misaki) From the Series One Hundred Famous views of Edo
date: label: Date
content: 1857
name: label: Artist
content: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: This scene is divided in half. The upper half is tranquil and still. Showing Edo Bay with cargo ships anchored for the night, the full moon lights up the night sky as a flock of birds fly by. Within the foreground appears uneaten sashimi remains on the red plate from the lavish dinner. The sake bottle is floating, and the napkins lay strewn about with a half-opened fan resting on the green tatami mat. Guests have left the room as two silhouettes remain. On the right side, a geisha has put down a shamisen (musical instrument). The left side shows the shadow of a prostitute taking off her kimono. From right to left, the direction in which Japanese is read, Hiroshige visually tells us a story. The meal and music have ended (past), admiring the moon (present) as the prostitutes prepare for the immediate future.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Robert H. Patterson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1941-31-306
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Woodblock print in colored ink on paper