Image
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Description
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
Wild Geese and Moon (Tsuki ni gan)
Period
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
ink, colorSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Dimensions
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Image: 37 x 13.2 cm (14 9/16 x 5 3/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: 426
Poem:
Konna* na yo ga/mata mo arô ka/tsuki ni kariWill it come again--/another night like this one?/Wild geese and the moon
Signature: Signed below | Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Artist's seal | Fukuju; publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô han) Identification
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Edition
An early impression with careful printing and coloration on thick paper; the cloud line at the lower left is on the diagonal, not on the horizontal as in the later 34.227.1 and there is embossing on the feathers of the geese and at the edge of the moon Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.227.2 Type
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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Related Objects
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Tombstone
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (ca. 1824-1852), publisher
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