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Utagawa Hiroshige

Barn Swallows and Peach Blossoms under Full Moon (Tsukiyo momo ni tsubame), early 1830s

Description

Maker

  • Wakasaya Yoichi, Japanese, publisher
  • Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese

Title

Barn Swallows and Peach Blossoms under Full Moon (Tsukiyo momo ni tsubame)

Year

early 1830s

Medium

Polychrome wood block print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 36.2 x 18.1 cm (14 1/4 x 7 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso top right: 15.22; in a later hand: 1712; in a another hand inscribed verso, bottom right: [M].222

Chinese poem:
Spring has come and/peach blossoms float in all the streams/how impossible to determine where utopia is

Identification

State

This appears to be the first state of the print with publisher's mark and kiwame mark (see Bogel) and among the finest known impressions. A later state lacks these seals and does not have pink and black branches, rather branches all black. The breasts of the birds are also printed in pink, not black. A third state has less crisp printing and the publisher's mark of Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô).

Place

Japan; Edo (location)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.286

Projects & Publications

Publications

Feathers, Flowers, Talons, and Fangs

Power and Serenity in Japanese Nature Prints
Read Online

Hiroshige

Birds and Flowers

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Feathers, Flowers, Talons and Fangs

February 2 - June 10, 2007

An Abundance of Color

March 5 - May 30, 2004

Spring Blossoms

March 10 - June 6, 1999

Spring Blossoms

March 17 - June 11, 1995

Kacho-ga II

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Barn Swallows and Peach Blossoms in Rain (Ame ni momo ni tsubame), 1830's

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