Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Black-headed Gulls and Weeping Willows

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)

Title

Black-headed Gulls and Weeping Willows

Period

Edo Period

Year

1840s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

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

Dimensions

Ōyotsugiriban: 13.5 x 18.8 cm (5 5/16 x 7 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 名こそ世に　きこへて涼し　すみた川
Translation: The Sumida River, a name well known in the world- it is cool today

Signature: 廣重画 Hiroshige ga (Pictured by Hiroshige)

Seals: Deisgner's seal: 弌立斎 Ichiryūsai

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.049

Type

Image use

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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 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Black-headed Gulls and Weeping Willows, 1840s
Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Ōyotsugiriban: 13.5 x 18.8 cm (5 5/16 x 7 3/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.049

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