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「近江八景之内 堅田落雁」
Descending Geese at Katada (Katada rakugan), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei no uchi)
「近江八景之内 堅田落雁」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1834–35 (Tenpô 5–6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 24.2 x 36.3 cm (9 1/2 x 14 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17229
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Forrer, Hiroshige (1997), #73; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 246, horizontal ôban #28.3
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1683, 11.17229, 21.6803, 21.6804
Poem translated in Forrer, Hiroshige (1997).
Poem translated in Forrer, Hiroshige (1997).
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
No censor's seal
InscriptionsPoem: Mine amata/ koete koshiji ni/ mazu chikaki/ Katada ni nabiki/ otsuru karigane
峯あまた こへて越路に まつちかき 堅田になびき おつるかりかね
峯あまた こへて越路に まつちかき 堅田になびき おつるかりかね
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.