琉球八景 泉崎夜月, Evening Moon at Izumizaki (Izaumizaki yagetsu), from the series Eight Views of the Ryūkyū Islands (Ryūkyū hakkei), Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1832, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 9 7/8 x 14 5/8 in. (25.1 x 37.1 cm), Prints, Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Hokusai's prints of the Ryūkyū were probably made to commemorate the Ryūkyū mission's arrival at Edo in November 1832. Although the original gazetteer that inspired Hokusai was in black and white, his series is in exquisite color
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琉球八景 泉崎夜月, Evening Moon, Izumizaki, Izaumizaki yagetsu, series Eight Views, Ryūkyū Islands, hakkei, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1832, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, 9 7/8 x 14 5/8, 25.1 37.1 cm, Prints, Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, Tokyo, Edo, 1760–1849, Hokusai, prints, Ryūkyū, commemorate, mission, arrival, November 1832, original gazetteer, inspired, black, white, series, exquisite color
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