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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」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1834–35 (Tenpô 5–6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.6 x 36.1 cm (9 11/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6803
NOT ON VIEW
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).
Signed Hiroshige ga
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
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.