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Cranes Flying over Waves


波に鶴
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 23.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1462
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #143 (complete diptych); Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 242, ôhaba #10??
DescriptionLower sheet of incomplete upright diptych.

MFA impressions: 06.1462 (lower sheet only), 21.9600 (lower sheet only), 2016.925 (complete)
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seal: Horse 5
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印:午五
彫師:なし
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross