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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

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

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Wakasaya Yoichi 若狭屋与市 (Japanese, 1794 - 1846), publisher

Title

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

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1830s

Medium

  • Polychrome wood block print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print

Materials

ink and color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

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

Dimensions

Plate: 34.3 x 7.3 cm (13 1/2 x 2 7/8 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 wonder.

Poem by Hiroshige's brother in law (see Bogel, pl. 1 for the same poem and poet's seals Ryûshin)

Signature: Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's seal | Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô); Censor's seal | kiwame

Identification

Edition

Version with gray rain and added green

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.115.2

Type

  • Prints

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Wakasaya Yoichi 若狭屋与市 (Japanese, 1794 - 1846), publisher
Barn Swallows and Peach Blossoms in Rain (Ame ni momo ni tsubame), 1830s
Polychrome wood block print
Plate: 34.3 x 7.3 cm (13 1/2 x 2 7/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.115.2

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