Wild Geese Flying under the Full Moon

ca. 1833

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The full moon on the eighth month of the lunar calendar, the peak of autumn, has always been special to East Asian poets. Both the poem and image here capture the moment when wild geese are seen flying across the full moon:

こむな夜が又も有うか　月に雁

Konna yo ga
mata mo arō ka
tsuki ni kari

Will there ever again
be such a marvelous night!
Wild geese against the moon.
—Trans. John T. Carpenter

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歌川広重画　月に雁
Title: Wild Geese Flying under the Full Moon
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797–1858 Tokyo (Edo))
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: ca. 1833
Culture: Japan
Medium: Woodblock print
Dimensions: 15 x 4 29/32 in. (38.1 x 12.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1918
Object Number: JP270
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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