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Six-panel screen of misty Japanese landscapes: a figure with an umbrella on snow at left, a pale moon over water with boats, and blossoming trees and mountains at right.

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Six vertical panels form a folding screen showing misty landscapes under a pale moon, with a figure holding an umbrella on a snowy path at left, small boats on water, and blossoming trees and distant mountains at right. The color painting on silk is set into panels of paper decorated with gold flecks.

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858)
Date
1797-1858
Medium
Color on silk set into larger panels of paper
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size
1521 × 579 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1858).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art

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