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Plovers, Waves, and Full Moon

波に千鳥

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Japanese

Edo period

late 1830s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Aitanzaku; 33.5 x 11.2 cm (13 3/16 x 4 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7986

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #266 (with signature and no moon); Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #32 (with signature and no moon)

DescriptionPoem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988).

Signed Unsigned
無款

InscriptionsPoem, by Uomori: Ame takumu/ yowa ya chidori no/ shikiri naku
雨工む　夜半や千鳥の　しきりなく　　魚柳

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.