Oystercatchers (Miyakodori), Reeds, and Falling Petals

芦に都鳥、落花

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1846–47 (Kôka 3–4)

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

Dimensions Chûtanzaku; 34.4 x 11.4 cm (13 9/16 x 4 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich

Accession Number50.14

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Menegazzo, Hiroshige: Visioni dal Giappone (2018), #III.20; Tanba 1965, #418

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1457, 21.8043, 50.14

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Hiro
改印：なし
彫師：なし

InscriptionsPoem: Tori no na no/ miyako to narinu/ Sumidagawa

Provenance1950, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 12, 1950)