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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Goose on Riverbank, Edo Period

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Title

Goose on Riverbank

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Ōyotsugiriban: 12.3 x 18.4 cm (4 13/16 x 7 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: あとあとは 思案もなしに 下りる雁
Translation: Wild geese fly rank to rank but then come to earth again without a pattern;

Signature: 廣重画 Hiroshige ga (Pictured by Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seal: 哥川 Utagawa

Marks: On verso at bottom left in pencil: 258

Place

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

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.074

Goose on Riverbank

Inscription Text/Poem: あとあとは 思案もなしに 下りる雁
Translation: Wild geese fly rank to rank but then come to earth again without a pattern;

Signature: 廣重画 Hiroshige ga (Pictured by Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seal: 哥川 Utagawa

Marks: On verso at bottom left in pencil: 258

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

Exhibition History

Hiroshige III

April 13 - June 23, 1989

Hiroshige

September 9, 1988 - January 22, 1989
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