Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Title
Barn Swallows above Waves
Period
Year
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
ink and colorSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan
Dimensions
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Kotanzakuban: 34 x 7.8 cm (13 3/8 x 3 1/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription Text/Poem: 世の中の 横はゝしらぬ 乙鳥かな
Translation: All the world's concern / with the horizontal plane / is lost on swallows.
(Translation from Alfred H.Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers, 1988)Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)
Seals: Designer's seal: 立斎 Ryūsai
Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.088 Type
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