Image

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Goose on Riverbank (Mizube no gan)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)

Title

Goose on Riverbank (Mizube no gan)

Period

Edo Period

Year

ca. 1840

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

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

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

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.074

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Hiroshige III
Apr 13, 1989 – Jun 23, 1989
Hiroshige
Birds and Flowers
Sep 09, 1988 – Jan 22, 1989

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Goose on Riverbank (Mizube no gan), ca. 1840
Polychrome woodblock print
Image: 12.2 x 18.3 cm (4 13/16 x 7 3/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.074

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