Image
Description
Maker
- Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese
- Kawaguchiya Shōzō, Japanese, publisher
Title
Barn Swallows and Flowering Crabapple in Bud (Himekaidô to tsubame)
Year
1830's
Medium
Polychrome wood block print with embossing
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
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Image: 38.3 x 13.2 cm (15 1/16 x 5 3/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Poem:
Yama no ha ni/tsubame* o kaesu/irihi kanaAt the mountain's edge/the swallows are sent to bed/by the setting sun
Identification
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Edition
Bogel mentions the later edition published by Fujiokaya Hikotaro illustrated in Richard Lane, Masters of the Japanese Print (London, 1962), no. 135. Place
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Japan; Edo (location)
Type
Credit
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Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
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34.226
Projects & Publications
Publications
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Use
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