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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)