# Frost fills the air and the autumn air is still/lines of returning geese cross the moon in the third hour-Kenshin, from the series Twelve Aspects of the Moon

- By: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese (1839–1892))
- Date: 1885/92
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: 105.5 × 40.7 cm (41 9/16 × 16 in.)
- Culture: Japan
- Credit line: Gift of Roger L. Weston
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/212358)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/54752ae5-1b94-72b2-8cac-dedec11bdfd3/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This hanging scroll portrays the shogun lord Uesugi no Terutora (known as Kenshin) as he sits in his military encampment beside a banquet for his generals. He is enjoying a moment of quiet before the next day’s battle against his longtime rival and, struck by the sight of a flock of geese flying past the full moon, he is inspired to write a poem.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0