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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Returning sails, Yabase (Yabase kihan)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Yamamotoya Heikichi 山本屋平吉 (Japanese, 1816 - 1886), publisher

Title

Returning sails, Yabase (Yabase kihan)
Eight views of Omi [Lake Biwa]
Omi hakkei no uchi

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

ca. 1835

Medium

  • Polychrome wood block print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print

Materials

ink and color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Plate: 22.9 x 35.4 cm (9 x 13 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

[text and poems]Poem: Maho hikite (translates to) On tail winds yabase ni kaeru (translates to)with raised sails fune wa ima (translates to) boats pass the shore of Uchide uchide no hama o/ato no oikaze(translates to) in return to Yabase

Signature: Hiroshige ga

Seals: Publisher's seal | Eikyudo; censor's seal | kiwame

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1276

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Meisho
Depictions of Famous Places in Japan
Jun 16, 1995 – Oct 10, 1995
Prints by Hiroshige
Oct 31, 1961 – Nov 19, 1961

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Yamamotoya Heikichi 山本屋平吉 (Japanese, 1816 - 1886), publisher
Returning sails, Yabase (Yabase kihan); Eight views of Omi [Lake Biwa]; Omi hakkei no uchi, ca. 1835
Polychrome wood block print
Plate: 22.9 x 35.4 cm (9 x 13 15/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.1276

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