Image

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Barn Swallows and Peach Blossoms in Rain (Ame ni momo ni tsubame), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

Title

Barn Swallows and Peach Blossoms in Rain (Ame ni momo ni tsubame)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Plate: 34.3 x 7.3 cm (13 1/2 x 2 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem:
Chinese poem translated roughly:
Spring has come and all the streams are filled with peach blossoms. No one knows where the land of the immortals is-all wonder.

Poem by Hiroshige's brother in law (see Bogel, pl. 1 for the same poem and poet's seals Ryûshin)

Signature: Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's seal | Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô); Censor's seal | kiwame

Identification

Edition

Version with gray rain and added green

Place

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

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.115.2

About

Barn Swallows and Peach Blossoms in Rain (Ame ni momo ni tsubame)

Version with gray rain and added green

Poem:
Chinese poem translated roughly:
Spring has come and all the streams are filled with peach blossoms. No one knows where the land of the immortals is-all wonder.

Poem by Hiroshige's brother in law (see Bogel, pl. 1 for the same poem and poet's seals Ryûshin)

Signature: Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's seal | Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô); Censor's seal | kiwame

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

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