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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Goose on Riverbank (Mizube no gan), Edo Period

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Title

Goose on Riverbank (Mizube no gan)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • polychrome woodblock print

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Supports

  • paper

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

  • Prints

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

Hiroshige III

April 13 - June 23, 1989

Hiroshige

September 9, 1988 - January 22, 1989

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Goose on Riverbank (Mizube no gan) with the accession number of 34.074. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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