The Moon-Viewing Promontory, from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo, Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Hiroshige, who frequently designed prints with unusual or humorous viewpoints, has placed the viewer by pine trees, peering through a doorway at the end of a moon-viewing party. The silhouette of an elaborately coiffed woman is visible through a translucent paper door; only her hem trails into the room. Another person remains seated on the floor in the upper right, near a musical instrument and a tray with blue-and-white ceramics. This figure may still be admiring the autumn moon over ships in tokyo bay. Date: 1857. Place of creation: Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868). Dimensions: Overall: 33.9 x 22.8 cm (13 3/8 x 9 in.). Medium: color woodblock print. Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art. Clevelandart 1985.320