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Japanese woodblock print of a full moon over a snowy mountain and terraced green rice fields with blue water, a village on the hillside.

Moon over the Sarashina Rice Fields, Shinano Province

A color woodblock print shows a full moon above a steep, snow-streaked mountain. Terraced green fields with blue-edged water line a hillside, with small thatched buildings and pines along the ridge at right. Vertical cartouches and calligraphy frame the scene.

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
Date
1853
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2506 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1853).
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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