Image
Description
Maker
- Wakasaya Yoichi, Japanese, publisher
- Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese
Title
Barn Swallows and Peach Blossoms in Rain (Ame ni momo ni tsubame)
Year
1830's
Medium
Polychrome wood block print
Materials/Techniques
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Materials
Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
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Plate: 34.3 x 7.3 cm (13 1/2 x 2 7/8 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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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)
Identification
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Edition
Version with gray rain and added green 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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34.115.2
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