Crescent Moon from the series Twenty-eight Views of the Moon, ca. 1835
Ichiryusai Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Woodblock print; 15 x 6 13/16 inches (image), 15 1/4 x 6 7/8 inches (support)
Gibbes Museum of Art, Gift of Mary Alston Read Simms from the Collection of Motte Alston Read in memory of him and his Mother, Jane Ladson Alston Read (1948.004.0283)
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