
Landscape with Ferry Boat, Geese and Full Moon
- Date:
- early 1830s
- Medium:
- color woodblock print
- Source:
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Description
A pale full moon rises above a river landscape where a low grove of dark, silhouetted trees lines the far bank; geese fly in loose formation across a pale blue sky at upper right. In the foreground, boatmen pole flat skiffs among thatched huts and reed bundles, while on a wooden footbridge at right two figures in blue-and-white patterned robes walk past tall reeds, one carrying a green leaf-like object, with a small dog and turtle near their feet. The palette is muted — soft blues, grays, and browns with touches of indigo and green — giving the scene a quiet, atmospheric evening mood; this is Totoya Hokkei's 1830 color woodblock print *Landscape with Ferry Boat, Geese and Full Moon*.
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![Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/d0960668-1e73-339a-b182-fb995a54bff0/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
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Frequently Asked Questions
Landscape with Ferry Boat, Geese and Full Moon was created by Totoya Hokkei (魚屋北渓) in early 1830s.
Landscape with Ferry Boat, Geese and Full Moon depicts moonlight.