Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). <em>Moonlight View of Tsukuda with Lady on a Balcony, from the series Fashionable Genji</em>, 1853, 11th month. Woodblock color print, Sheet of a: 14 1/2 x 10 1/8 in. (37.0 x 25.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. H.S. Chapman, 53.196.1a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 53.196.1c_SL3.jpg)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). Moonlight View of Tsukuda with Lady on a Balcony, from the series Fashionable Genji, 1853, 11th month. Woodblock color print, Sheet of a: 14 1/2 x 10 1/8 in. (37.0 x 25.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. H.S. Chapman, 53.196.1a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 53.196.1c_SL3.jpg)

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Moonlight View of Tsukuda with Lady on a Balcony, from the series Fashionable Genji

Utagawa Hiroshige, Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

Asian Art

On View: Asian Galleries, Arts of Japan, 2nd floor

ARTISTS Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858; Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III), Japanese, 1786–1865

MEDIUM Woodblock color print

Place Made: Japan

DATES 1853, 11th month

PERIOD Edo Period

DIMENSIONS Sheet of a: 14 1/2 x 10 1/8 in. (37.0 x 25.8 cm) Image of a: 14 1/4 x 10 1/8 in. (36.2 x 25.8 cm) Sheet of b: 14 5/8 x 10 1/8 in. (37.2 x 25.8 cm) Image of b: 14 3/8 x 10 1/8 in. (36.5 x 25.8 cm) Sheet of c: 14 11/16 x 10 in. (37.2 x 25.4 cm) Image of c: 14 7/16 x 9 3/4 in. (36.6 x 24.7 cm) (show scale)

MARKINGS Censors' seals: Mera 米良, Watanabe 渡辺, Ox 11 丑十一 Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi

SIGNATURE Hiroshige hitsu広重筆 and Toyokuni ga 豊国画

COLLECTIONS Asian Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 53.196.1a-c

CREDIT LINE Gift of Mrs. H.S. Chapman

PROVENANCE Prior to 1953, provenance not yet documented; by 1953, acquired by Mrs. H. S. Chapman of Brooklyn, NY; 1953, gift of Mrs. H. S. Chapman to the Brooklyn Museum.

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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Oban triptych depicting a woman seated in an open pavilion at the left, overlooking boats on the water at center and right. The full moon appears in the right sheet, as does the title and main signatures. Definitive Catalogue No.: Strange p. 192 Condition: Good. Cut along left edge, fold along right edge of section a; section b, corners pasted down; section c, corners pasted down. Remarks: 3 sheet prints by Hiroshige, with figures by Kunisada (signing Toyokuni)

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Arts of Japan

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Asian Galleries, Arts of Japan, 2nd floor

CAPTION Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). Moonlight View of Tsukuda with Lady on a Balcony, from the series Fashionable Genji, 1853, 11th month. Woodblock color print, Sheet of a: 14 1/2 x 10 1/8 in. (37.0 x 25.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. H.S. Chapman, 53.196.1a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 53.196.1c_SL3.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 53.196.1c_SL3.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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