Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Dancing Swallows, Edo Period

Maker

Title

Dancing Swallows

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Uchiwa-e on horizontal aiban: 22.8 x 29.3 cm (9 x 11 9/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: 廣重戯 Hiroshige gi (a playful picture by Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seal: 東海道 Tōkaidō

Marks: On verso, at bottom right in pencil: #32/R3799 [Japanese Characters]; On verso, at bottom left inscribed in pencil: 261

Identification

Edition

A late impression of the design as evident from comparison to the example published in Tanba and the missing "hitsu" after "gi" (humorous)

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.333

Dancing Swallows

A late impression of the design as evident from comparison to the example published in Tanba and the missing "hitsu" after "gi" (humorous)

Signature: 廣重戯 Hiroshige gi (a playful picture by Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seal: 東海道 Tōkaidō

Marks: On verso, at bottom right in pencil: #32/R3799 [Japanese Characters]; On verso, at bottom left inscribed in pencil: 261

Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

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