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Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a full moon over a night river with a low arched bridge, boats, and tall diagonal posts at right, with calligraphy at top.

Moon over Ryogoku Bridge in Summer, from Famous Places in Edo in the Four Seasons

A vertical woodblock print shows a large pale full moon above a dark blue night sky, with a low arched bridge and boats on a river at left. Tall diagonal posts and a bridge structure cut across the right edge, and a poem is inscribed in black calligraphy at the top.

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
Date
c. 1832/34
Medium
Color woodblock print; chutanzaku
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
843 × 2484 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1839).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

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