Image
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Goose on Riverbank (Mizube no gan), Edo Period
Description
Maker
Title
Goose on Riverbank (Mizube no gan)
Year
Edo Period
Medium
ink, color
Materials/Techniques
Dimensions
Image: 12.2 x 18.3 cm (4 13/16 x 7 3/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: 258
Poem:
Ato ato wa/shian mo nashi ni/oriru kana
They fly rank to rank,/but then come to earth again/without a pattern
Signature: Hiroshige ga
Seals: Artist's seal | Utagawa
Place
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.074
About
Goose on Riverbank (Mizube no gan)
Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: 258
Poem:
Ato ato wa/shian mo nashi ni/oriru kana
They fly rank to rank,/but then come to earth again/without a pattern
Signature: Hiroshige ga
Seals: Artist's seal | Utagawa
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Use
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