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Swallows and Wisteria, from the series Japanese and Chinese Poems for Recitation (Wakan rōeishū)


「和漢朗詠集」 藤、燕
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Jōshūya Kinzō (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1842–43 (Tenpō 13–14)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.8 x 25.7 cm (14 7/8 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6852
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ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Dai ukiyo-e ten/5 Ukiyo-e Favorites (2019), #305; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #65.6
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
Artist's seal: Tôkaidô
改印:極
InscriptionsChinese poem
紫藤露底残花色 翠竹煙中暮鳥声
ProvenanceFebruary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster Collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.