• Swallows and peach blossoms under a full moon

Language:
  • No linguistic content; Not applicable
Creator:
  • Ando Hiroshige, 1797-1858
Woodcutter:
  • Ando Hiroshige, 1797-1858
Call number:
  • E Row 1/GC063/Box 04/Normal/Gillett Griffin Gift GA 2008.01169
  • Electronic Resource
Extent:
  • 1 item ; sheet 39.5 x 17.7 cm.
Format:
  • Visual material
Type:
  • In art
Description:
  • Medium: Nishiki-e (color woodblock print)
  • Censor's seal: kiwame.
  • Date of original print: Early 1830s.
  • Format: Ôtanzaku tate-e.
  • Inscribed [poem]: Spring has come and all the streams are filled with peach blossoms. Nobody knows where Heaven is but all wonder. -- Translated by Alfred H. Marks.
  • Provenance: Purchased at one of three 1947 sales at Parke-Bernet or at Gimbels Department Store, New York City.
  • Sealed: Ichiryûsai.
  • Signed: Hiroshige hitsu.
Publisher:
  • Japan : [s.n.], n.d.
Subject:
  • Birds—Japan—In art
  • Moon—In art
  • Night—Japan—In art
  • Swallows—Japan—In art
  • Japanese poetry—Illustrations
  • Peach—Japan—In art
  • Flowering trees—Japan—In art
  • Japanese literature—Illustrations
Range label:
  • Main Structure
Source acquisition:
  • Gift of Gillett G. Griffin in honor of Dale Roylance. Given 2008.
Location:
  • GA E Row 1/GC063/Box 04/Normal/Gillett Griffin Gift GA 2008.01169
  • GA Electronic Resource
  • ELF1 E Row 1/GC063/Box 04/Normal/Gillett Griffin Gift GA 2008.01169
  • ELF1 Electronic Resource
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
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Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/cv43nw93s
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