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Swallows and Peach Blossoms in Rain


雨中に桃の花と燕
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Kotanzaku; 29.9 x 6.1 cm (11 3/4 x 2 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession Number50.20
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19979, 21.8487, 21.8488 (without rain), 50.19, 50.20
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
InscriptionsChinese poem
春来遍是桃花水 不辧仙源何處尋
Provenance1950, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 12, 1950)