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Color woodblock print of a pale full moon over a moonlit bay with a sailboat, framed by a red roof edge, a lantern and tall reeds.

The Moon Beyond Shinagawa, from One Hundred Views of Musashi Province

A color woodblock print shows a full moon over a moonlit bay, with a sailboat and small boats on rippling water beside dark rocks. A red-edged roof and hanging lantern frame the foreground, and tall reed stalks rise across the view.

Artist
Kobayashi Kiyochika
Date
1884
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2505 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1884).
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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