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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Japanese Crane and Wave

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (ca. 1824-1852), publisher

Title

Japanese Crane and Wave

Period

Edo Period

Year

1830s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Ōyotsugiriban: 12.6 x 18.4 cm (4 15/16 x 7 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: 廣重画 Hiroshige ga (Pictured by Hiroshige)

Seals: Publisher's seal: 川正 Kawashō (Kawaguchiya Shōzō); Censor's seal: 極 kiwame; Collector's seal: 林 忠正 Hayashi Tadamasa

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.040

Type

Exhibition History

Feathers, Flowers, Talons and Fangs
Power and Serenity in Japanese Nature Prints
Feb 02, 2007 – Jun 10, 2007
Seeing with the Mind's Eye
The Art of Printmaking in Japan
Dec 31, 1999 – Mar 19, 2000
Bird-and-Flower Prints
Nature as Object and Ornament
Dec 26, 1992 – Feb 28, 1993
Hiroshige III
Apr 13, 1989 – Jun 23, 1989
Hiroshige
Birds and Flowers
Sep 09, 1988 – Jan 22, 1989

Image use

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (ca. 1824-1852), publisher
Japanese Crane and Wave, 1830s
Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Ōyotsugiriban: 12.6 x 18.4 cm (4 15/16 x 7 1/4 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.040

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