Descending Geese at Katada (Katada rakugan), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)

「近江八景　堅田落雁」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1857 (Ansei 4), 3rd month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 25.3 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich

Accession Number53.2054

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 253, ôban #16.3

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 3
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳三
彫師：なし

InscriptionsPoem: Mine amata/ koete koshiji ni/ mazu chikaki/ Katada ni nabiki/ otsuru karigane

Provenance1953, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA.