歌川広重画 近江八景之内 石山秋月|Autumn Full Moon at Ishiyama Temple (Ishiyama shūgetsu), from the series Eight Views of Ōmi Province (Ōmi hakkei)
1834–35
Medium
Woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 9 3/4 × 14 3/4 in. (24.8 × 37.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Henry L. Phillips Collection, Bequest of Henry L. Phillips, 1939
Accession Number
JP2847
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold the serene beauty of *Autumn Full Moon at Ishiyama Temple*, a masterpiece from Utagawa Hiroshige series *Eight Views of Ōmi* (1834–35). This woodblock print captures the nighttime vista from Ishiyama Temple overlooking Lake Biwa in Ōmi Province (modern-day Shiga Prefecture). Hiroshige masterfully renders the luminous full moon illuminating misty mountains, tranquil waters, and the temple's elegant silhouette, evoking a profound sense of poetic tranquility. As a leading figure in Japan's Edo-period ukiyo-e tradition—meaning "pictures of the floating world"—Hiroshige elevated landscape p...
About the Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige · 1826–1869
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), born Andō Tokutarō, was the last great master of Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock printmaking and one of the most influential landscape artists in history. Born in Edo (modern Tokyo) into a low-ranking samurai family serving as fire wardens, Hiroshige transformed landscape printmaking into a poetic meditation on nature, weather, and everyday life. His revolutionary approac...