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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Barn Swallows and Flowering Crabapple in Bud (Himekaidô to tsubame)

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

Barn Swallows and Flowering Crabapple in Bud (Himekaidô to tsubame)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1830s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

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

Dimensions

Image: 38.3 x 13.2 cm (15 1/16 x 5 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem:
Yama no ha ni/tsubame* o kaesu/irihi kana

At the mountain's edge/the swallows are sent to bed/by the setting sun

Signature: Signed lower right | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai; publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Kawashô); censor's seal | kiwame

Identification

Edition

Bogel mentions the later edition published by Fujiokaya Hikotaro illustrated in Richard Lane, Masters of the Japanese Print (London, 1962), no. 135.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.226

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Bird-and-Flower Prints
Nature as Object and Ornament
Dec 26, 1992 – Feb 28, 1993
Kacho-ga II
Jan 22, 1989

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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
Barn Swallows and Flowering Crabapple in Bud (Himekaidô to tsubame), 1830s
Polychrome wood block print with embossing
Image: 38.3 x 13.2 cm (15 1/16 x 5 3/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.226

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