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Colour woodcut of a man with a fan and a seated attendant before a wooden house under a full moon, with a red lantern and pine tree.

Genji and a boy attendant outside a house on a moonlit night. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.

A man in a dark blue patterned kimono holds an open fan beside a seated young attendant in a dark robe with a white patterned hem, who grips a tall lantern stand. Before a wooden house with paper shoji screens, a red lantern hangs at left, and a full moon rises above a pine tree in this colour woodcut (mokuhanga).

Artist
Utagawa Kunisada II
Date
1857
Medium
Woodcuts Mokuhanga
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2797 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1857.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Noche de luna frente a una casa, grabado japonés en color

Un hombre con un kimono azul oscuro de estampado decorativo sostiene un abanico abierto junto a un joven asistente sentado, con una túnica oscura y el borde blanco estampado, que sujeta un poste con linterna. Frente a una casa de madera con biombos shoji de papel, una linterna roja cuelga a la izquierda y una luna llena sobre un pino en este grabado en color.

Português: Noite de luar diante de uma casa, xilogravura japonesa colorida

Um homem de quimono azul-escuro com padronagem sustenta um leque aberto ao lado de um jovem auxiliar sentado, de roupa escura com barra branca estampada, que segura um poste com lanterna. Diante de uma casa de madeira com painéis shoji de papel, uma lanterna vermelha pende à esquerda e uma lua cheia surge sobre um pinheiro nesta xilogravura colorida.

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