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月下桃花に燕
Swallows, Peach Blossoms, and Moon
月下桃花に燕
Japanese
Edo period
early 1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Ôtanzaku; 36.8 x 17.7 cm (14 1/2 x 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6647
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #2; Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #1; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 241, ôtanzaku #7.3
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1213, 21.6647
Poem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988).
Poem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988).
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
Collector's seal: Wakai oyaji
改印：極
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
Collector's seal: Wakai oyaji
改印：極
InscriptionsChinese poem
春来遍是桃花水 不辧仙源何處尋
春来遍是桃花水 不辧仙源何處尋
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.