Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Plovers and Waves under the Moon

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Sanoya Kihei 佐野屋喜兵衛 (1717-1875

Title

Plovers and Waves under the Moon
Plovers and Waves under the Moon (Gekka nami ni chidori)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1840s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

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

Dimensions

Aitanzakuban: 32.8 x 11.1 cm (12 15/16 x 4 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 友千鳥 けあけの濱に 月をまり
Translation: A flock of plovers use the moon as a beach ball.

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seal: 一立斎 Ichiryūsai; Publisher's seal: Square cartouche (Sanoya Kihei)

Identification

Edition

Ainsworth, cat. no. 1328 is another impression apparently without publisher's seal but bearing the censor's seal Takano Shinemon, therefore dated to the period 1843-47; Keyes mentions an earlier version in the catalogue of the collection of Alexis Rouart(sold New York, American Art Galleries, 6-7 February 1922, Illustrated Catalogue of Japanese Color Prints, The Famous Collection of the Late Alexis Rouart of Paris, France, Together with a Selection from the Collection of Vicomte des Sartiges and a Few Prints from Another Parisian Collection), lot 925, without moon and birds placed closer to the waves (34.135 in RISDM)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.139

Type

Image use

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Sanoya Kihei 佐野屋喜兵衛 (1717-1875
Edo, Japan), publisher
Plovers and Waves under the Moon; Plovers and Waves under the Moon (Gekka nami ni chidori), 1840s
Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Aitanzakuban: 32.8 x 11.1 cm (12 15/16 x 4 3/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.139

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