Moon Pine, Ueno, No. 89 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1857

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Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando) (Japanese, 1797-1858). Moon Pine, Ueno, No. 89 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 7th month of 1856. Woodblock print, sheet: 14 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (36.0 x 23.5 cm);. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Anna Ferris, 30.1478.89 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 30.1478.89_PS1.jpg)

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The Moon Pie is one in the series that clearly shows the viewing lens of looking into a like of a magnifying glass or a camera lens would signify a photograph input of a perspective of looking into a scenery in more depth. Even though it is seen as the pine tree is circled in a way that represents a shape coming from a tree. The full roundness of the moon pie could almost be seen as a full moon which is why the “moon” title shows. The branch is know to take it shape because a storm had blown it off and grew in form that what we seen in the print.

Vanessa Carlos

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