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姫海棠に燕
Wild Cherry and Swallows
姫海棠に燕
Japanese
Edo period
early 1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Chûtanzaku; 35.9 x 12 cm (14 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7960
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #15; RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #92; Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #9; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 240, chûtanzaku #10.12
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.136 (Fujiokaya edition), 21.7959 (Kawaguchiya edition), 21.7960 (Fujiokaya edition)
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
改印：極
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：極
InscriptionsPoem: Yama no ha ni/ tsubame o kaesu/ irihi ka na
山の端に 乙鳥をかへす 入日哉
山の端に 乙鳥をかへす 入日哉
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.