Red Plum Branch against the Full Moon

A blossoming plum branch with red flowers and small buds curves diagonally across a large pale moon against a deep blue gradient sky. Dark, gnarled bark and fine twigs are rendered in black ink, and a red seal and signature appear at lower right, in a color woodblock print.

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Date

c. mid–1840s

Medium

Color woodblock print; uchiwa-e

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 1287 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Kate S. Buckingham Endowment