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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Barn Swallows and Flowering Crabapple in Bud

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (ca. 1824-1852), publisher

Title

Barn Swallows and Flowering Crabapple in Bud

Period

Edo Period

Year

1830s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)

Dimensions

Image: 38.3 x 13.2 cm (15 1/16 x 5 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 山の端に　乙鳥をかへす　入日哉
Translation: At the mountain's edge the swallows are sent to bed by the setting sun;
(Translation from Alfred H. Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers, 1988)

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Seals: Designer's seals: 弌立斎 Ichiryūsai; Publisher's seal: 川正 Kawashō (Kawaguchiya Shōzō); Censor's seal: 極 kiwame;

Identification

Edition

Bogel mentions the later edition published by Fujiokaya Hikotaro illustrated in Richard Lane, Masters of the Japanese Print (London, 1962), no. 135.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.226

Type

Exhibition History

Bird-and-Flower Prints
Nature as Object and Ornament
Dec 26, 1992 – Feb 28, 1993
Kacho-ga II
Jan 22, 1989

Image use

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (ca. 1824-1852), publisher
Barn Swallows and Flowering Crabapple in Bud, 1830s
Polychrome woodblock print with embossing (nishiki-e)
Image: 38.3 x 13.2 cm (15 1/16 x 5 3/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.226

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