When the Gibbes Museum opened in 1905, the nation celebrated what Charleston has always understood: the power of art – to inspire our imagination, heal our hurt, and nourish our souls.

Crescent Moon from the series Twenty-eight Views of the Moon, by Ichiryusai Hiroshige

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Crescent Moon from the series Twenty-eight Views of the Moon, by Ichiryusai Hiroshige

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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