Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Barn Swallows and Peach Blossoms in Rain (Ame ni momo ni tsubame), Edo Period

Maker

Title

Barn Swallows and Peach Blossoms in Rain (Ame ni momo ni tsubame)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Plate: 34.3 x 7.5 cm (13 1/2 x 2 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem: Chinese poem translated roughly: Spring has come and all the streams are filled with peach blossoms. No one knows where the land of the immortals is-all wonderPoem by Hiroshige's brother in law (see Bogel, pl. 1 for the same poem and poet's seals Ryûshin)Inscribed on small white label affixed to back, lower right:NV3237/ [Illegible Japanese Characters]

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.115.1

Barn Swallows and Peach Blossoms in Rain (Ame ni momo ni tsubame)

Poem: Chinese poem translated roughly: Spring has come and all the streams are filled with peach blossoms. No one knows where the land of the immortals is-all wonderPoem by Hiroshige's brother in law (see Bogel, pl. 1 for the same poem and poet's seals Ryûshin)Inscribed on small white label affixed to back, lower right:NV3237/ [Illegible Japanese Characters]

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Place Made: Japan
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