Color woodblock print of a timber bridge's piers and bracing framing boats on a river under a pale dusk moon, with houses along the far shore.

Twilight Moon at the Ryogoku Bridge

Through the timber piers and diagonal bracing of a large wooden bridge, this color woodblock print shows boats drifting on a broad river under a pale moon at dusk. Houses, trees and a small arched bridge line the far shore, with the sky fading to blue above.

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige
Date: c. 1831
Medium: Color woodblock print; oban
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1040 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1836).
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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Twilight Moon at the Ryogoku Bridge

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