Image
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Wild Geese and Moon (Tsuki ni gan), Edo Period
Description
Title
Wild Geese and Moon (Tsuki ni gan)
Year
Edo Period
Medium
ink, color
Materials/Techniques
Dimensions
Image: 37 x 13.2 cm (14 9/16 x 5 3/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: 426
Poem:
Konna* na yo ga/mata mo arô ka/tsuki ni kari
Will 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
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
Place
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.227.2
About
Wild Geese and Moon (Tsuki ni gan)
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
Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: 426
Poem:
Konna* na yo ga/mata mo arô ka/tsuki ni kari
Will 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)
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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Use
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