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満月に雁
Geese Flying across Full Moon
満月に雁
Japanese
Edo period
early 1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Chûtanzaku; 37.4 x 13 cm (14 11/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.839
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
San Francisco, Hokusai & Hiroshige (1998), #195; RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #s 98, 311; Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #s 3, 4; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 240, chûtanzaku #13.1
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.839, *06.1384 (deaccessioned in 2019), 21.7952
Poem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988); and in San Francisco 1998, p. 255.
Poem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988); and in San Francisco 1998, p. 255.
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
InscriptionsPoem: Konna yo ga/ mata mo arô ka/ tsuki ni kari
こむな夜か 又も有うか 月に雁
こむな夜か 又も有うか 月に雁
ProvenanceBy 1906, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 – d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; March 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 8, 1906)