Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Barn Swallows above Waves, Edo Period
Maker
Title
Barn Swallows above Waves
Year
Edo Period
Medium
ink and color
Materials/Techniques
Materials
Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
Kotanzakuban: 34 x 7.8 cm (13 3/8 x 3 1/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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
Place
Place Made: Japan
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.088
Barn Swallows above Waves
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
Place Made: Japan
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