Cranes Flying over Waves

波に鶴

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Japanese

Edo period

1858 (Ansei 5), 5th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban, upright diptych; 70.1 × 24.8 cm (27 5/8 × 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016

Accession Number2016.925a-b

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #143 (complete diptych); Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 242, ôhaba #10??

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1462 (lower sheet only), 21.9600 (lower sheet only), 2016.925 (complete)

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censor's seal: Horse 5
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：午五
彫師：なし

ProvenanceAnne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)