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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

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

Description

Maker

  • Wakasaya Yoichi 若狭屋与市
  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Title

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

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome wood block print

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print

Supports

  • paper

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

Place

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

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.115.2

About

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

Version with gray rain and added green

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

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

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Barn Swallows and Peach Blossoms in Rain (Ame ni momo ni tsubame) with the accession number of 34.115.2. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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