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Utagawa Hiroshige

Dancing swallows (Hien), 1840's

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese

Title

Dancing swallows (Hien)

Year

1840's

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • color,
  • ink

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 22.5 x 29.1 cm (8 7/8 x 11 7/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom right in pencil:#32/R3799 [Japanese Characters]; in a later hand, verso, 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

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.333

Projects & Publications

Publications

Hiroshige

Birds and Flowers

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Bird-and-Flower Prints

December 26, 1992 - February 28, 1993

Hiroshige III

April 13 - June 23, 1989

Use

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