Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Descending geese, Katata (Katata rakugan), Edo (Japanese period)

Maker

Title

Descending geese, Katata (Katata rakugan)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Plate: 22.5 x 35.1 cm (8 7/8 x 13 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom towards the right: EGR203; in a later hand, inscribed verso, bottom right corner:8554[text and poems] Poem: Mine amata koete (translates to)From the hillskoshiji ni yotsu chikaki (translates to)near Koshiji katata ni nabiki otsuru karigane (translates to) geese descend to Katata

Signature: Hiroshige ga

Seals: Publisher's seal | Eikyudo; censor's seal | kiwame

Identification

Edition

Edition: For a list of the variant color versions of the print see Forrer, Hiroshige, cat. 24 (Xerox in cat. file)

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1279

Descending geese, Katata (Katata rakugan)
Eight views of Omi [Lake Biwa]
Omi hakkei no uchi

Edition: For a list of the variant color versions of the print see Forrer, Hiroshige, cat. 24 (Xerox in cat. file)

Inscription verso, bottom towards the right: EGR203; in a later hand, inscribed verso, bottom right corner:8554[text and poems] Poem: Mine amata koete (translates to)From the hillskoshiji ni yotsu chikaki (translates to)near Koshiji katata ni nabiki otsuru karigane (translates to) geese descend to Katata

Signature: Hiroshige ga

Seals: Publisher's seal | Eikyudo; censor's seal | kiwame

Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

Meisho

June 16 - October 10, 1995
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