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月下桃花に燕
Swallows, Peach Blossoms, and Moon
月下桃花に燕
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
early 1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Ôtanzaku; 36 x 17.4 cm (14 3/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1213
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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
InscriptionsChinese poem
春来遍是桃花水 不瓣仙源何處尽尋
春来遍是桃花水 不瓣仙源何處尽尋
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross