Image
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Dancing swallows (Hien), Edo Period
Description
Maker
Title
Dancing swallows (Hien)
Year
Edo Period
Medium
color, ink
Materials/Techniques
Dimensions
Image: 22.5 x 29.1 cm (8 7/8 x 11 7/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
Inscription verso, bottom right in pencil:#32/R3799 [Japanese Characters]; in a later hand, verso, bottom left inscribed in pencil: 261
Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige gi
Seals: Artist's seal | Tokaido
Identification
Edition
A late impression of the design as evident from comparison to the example published in Tanba and the missing "hitsu" after "gi" (humorous)
Place
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.333
About
Dancing swallows (Hien)
A late impression of the design as evident from comparison to the example published in Tanba and the missing "hitsu" after "gi" (humorous)
Inscription verso, bottom right in pencil:#32/R3799 [Japanese Characters]; in a later hand, verso, bottom left inscribed in pencil: 261
Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige gi
Seals: Artist's seal | Tokaido
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Use
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