
About the work
Moonrise over the Nihon Embankment and the Yoshiwara is a color woodblock print by Kitagawa Utamaro, dated 1790. Kitagawa Utamaro (c. 1753–1806) was a master of the Japanese woodblock print, best known for his portraits of women. He framed faces close up, with fine lines and soft colour, and his prints were collected in Europe from the 1860s on. The original is in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art.
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