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Color woodblock print of a moonlit Edo-period street with shops, lanterns, and people in dark robes beneath a full moon in a blue sky.

Night View of Saruwaka-machi, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

A moonlit street lined with two-story wooden shops and lanterns, where pedestrians in dark kimono walk past stalls and a small dog trots in the foreground. A large full moon glows above a deep blue sky, and a red cartouche with black lettering marks the title. The composition uses steep perspective to draw the eye down the crowded avenue.

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
Date
1856
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2470 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1861).
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, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Henderson

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