Descending Geese at Katada (Katada rakugan), Sunset Glow at Seta (Seta sekishô), Hira, and Ishiyama, from the harimaze series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)

「近江八景　堅田落雁」　「勢田夕照」　「比良」　「石山」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban (harimaze); 37 x 26 cm (14 9/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

Credit Line Anonymous gift

Accession NumberRES.49.7

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 253, ôban #17.1; Tanba 1965, #470

DescriptionOne of two sheets.

Signed Ryûsai (right), Hiroshige (top)
立斎、広重

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
Artist's seal: Hiro
改印：極

Provenance1949, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession date: February 10, 1949)